You're correct. If she does choose to continue though, it's something she has to learn to overcome with her own strength as well.
[Alice nods to herself.]
I was just concerned that she went into this with little knowledge of the possible outcome or that it wasn't impressed on her enough. She seemed very adverse to the idea.
[A slight pause.]
... Not that I expect anyone to be eager.
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Weren't you eager, when you first had your chance to take up a weapon and go on an adventure? I have to admit that I was, although I ended up regretting it not because of what I had to do to foes, but how I had to deal with the allies that were allegedly on my side. So different matter entirely.
Well. Then you understand why I did that. So she could see it first-hand.
I've been trying my very best not to go too easy on her from the very beginning. It's hard when I have to admit I'm not entirely objective here. But I think I did the right thing.
I understand what you're saying. I just don't think, "we may have to kill this creature in less than pleasant circumstances" is going to really work. You and I know what it means, but to someone with no experience, it's just words.
I might have been wrong. I think I did the right thing. But it was going to hit her hard, no matter what. Maybe there is no real right answer.
If she intends to keep practicing, I would say this sort of situation will show up many times over. The best training really is in the field after all.
I'll admit I'm not entirely certain I agree. I know my lines, my convictions, and my morals. I don't particularly like the prospect of killing in general, but I'm usually pretty confident that I'm only killing things that need to be killed according to the standards of my alignment.
Then again, there's a lot more moral clarity in killing demons, the undead, and so forth than humans. So I have that fortune.
It certainly can't ever be described as 'Good', that's for certain. There is very little moral ambiguity in cutting down an animated corpse or skeleton.
If it helps, I haven't seen any of the truly powerful undead here. No wights... or vampires, or liches... [Both those two words hold a massive weight of entangled emotion that comes and goes like two brief flares of heat so intense it's solid.]
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Date: 2017-01-22 05:32 pm (UTC)[Alice nods to herself.]
I was just concerned that she went into this with little knowledge of the possible outcome or that it wasn't impressed on her enough. She seemed very adverse to the idea.
[A slight pause.]
... Not that I expect anyone to be eager.
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Date: 2017-01-22 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 05:55 pm (UTC)... I certainly was naive though.
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Date: 2017-01-22 05:58 pm (UTC)I've been trying my very best not to go too easy on her from the very beginning. It's hard when I have to admit I'm not entirely objective here. But I think I did the right thing.
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Date: 2017-01-22 10:51 pm (UTC)[It's just advice she feels needs to be said. Her tone of voice is very matter of fact about it.]
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Date: 2017-01-22 10:55 pm (UTC)I might have been wrong. I think I did the right thing. But it was going to hit her hard, no matter what. Maybe there is no real right answer.
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Date: 2017-01-22 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-22 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-01-22 11:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-23 03:20 pm (UTC)Then again, there's a lot more moral clarity in killing demons, the undead, and so forth than humans. So I have that fortune.
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Date: 2017-01-23 11:45 pm (UTC)[Demons? No, wait, she wants clarification on the undead thing first.]
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Date: 2017-01-24 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-24 04:48 am (UTC)[To say the least.]
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Date: 2017-01-25 03:24 am (UTC)1/2
Date: 2017-01-25 03:27 am (UTC)[Somehow this is a shock to her system and amazingly abhorrent to her at the same time.]
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Date: 2017-01-25 03:30 am (UTC)[She's been naive so far. Incredibly naive. This never occurred to her and there's a pang of remembrance in the feeling of guilt.]
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Date: 2017-01-25 03:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-26 09:49 pm (UTC)[And yet, somehow? She still is.]
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Date: 2017-01-26 10:09 pm (UTC)