An Extra’s POV

Is it right to take a life?

NO.

Is it right to take a life you believe to be wrong?

MAYBE.

Is it wrong to allow a life you believe to be wrong take another life?

YES.

In the endless spectrum of results, Esme chose the simplest path to arrive at her definition of morality.

"I will eliminate anyone who threatens the wellbeing of myself, those I care about, and those I consider to be worth keeping alive."

And so, when it came to the question of the two men and their daughters, Esme had her answer.

"If killing a man's daughter will save my daughter, I'll kill the daughter. If killing a man will save my daughter, I'll kill the man. And if I can kill the third party who started the twisted game, then that is what I will do."

There was no need for a moral dilemma or overcomplicating an issue that would appear simple to anyone living in a certain point of view.

"Why is that your answer?" Rey asked Esme.

"Because I can't save everyone. I have a life, and I am limited by my experiences. It's useless taking my opponent's perspective and experience into account. I am not them, and they are not me."

Rey slowly nodded.

"If I choose not to kill someone's daughter to save my own, am I so certain that the person would do the same if they were in my shoes? No… I don't think so."

In the end, humans only did things based on their perception of things.

"We don't see the world as it is, but from a contaminated lens of the self… eh?" Rey smiled as he looked at Esme.

She wasn't wrong in her analysis.

perspective on how we would handle the situation…' His

after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed she

you good, does it?" He added, a

Why doesn't it make

Rey was surprised by

it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what

truly good or bad person. People could do good things for

another man's daughter to save her own, or commit atrocities to

truly good, neither

but Esme shook her head

don't accept that."

tone was once again serious, and her eyes gleamed with nothing short of

a good person. I choose to follow the path

SHE considered the

then I AM good. Because the other side is what I would call EVIL." That was Esme's

hearing this, Rey

crimson eyes shone brightly as he observed her

her current perspective was the way it

Chaotic Good… just

they followed their own path and philosophy of

the

difference between Esme and Rey

he did so from a

But she was different.

own convictions! That made her

out her trauma…' Rey's thoughts

just wasn't in the way I

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you have an objective plan on how you'll go about this new ideal

after several minutes of silence from

to say whatever she had to say, but after waiting for a while, Rey suspected that Esme was

so, he asked

defeating the Dragons. To do that, though… I'll need to get a lot stronger