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.

we would handle the situation…'

easily, but after seeing the ugliness of the world, it seemed she too had come to the

you good,

doesn't it make

was surprised by her

a given that doing bad deeds already made you a bad person, unless one looked at it from the spectrum of moral relativism—which was what both

real hero or villain—no truly good or bad person. People could do good things for bad reasons and bad things for

daughter to save her own, or commit atrocities to achieve what she percieved to be a better

truly good, neither was she

this to her, but Esme

accept that."

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

a good person. I choose to follow the path that I consider good and generate the

what SHE

Because the other side is what

this, Rey said nothing

now.' His crimson eyes shone

instantly understood why her current perspective

Chaotic Good… just

their own path and philosophy of good…

the

difference between Esme and Rey

he did so from a neutral perspective—considering himself neither objectively

But she was different.

her own convictions! That made her

trauma…' Rey's

in the way I

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how you'll go about

after several minutes of silence from both

after waiting for a while, Rey

he asked

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