[It's certainly putting Estinien in a difficult situation with regards to this conversation. It's not all that shocking - after all, he knows that many of the Pleroma have been chummy with the Kenoma despite everything. On some level, he understands why that is. On another, it still frustrates him. After all, there's nothing special about them.]
I've seen a great many men and women rise and fall with their cruel ambitions, simply because it seemed the only way to them. All men ultimately feel that their choices are what's right, 'else they would not have come to them. Yet, this does not exempt them from the consequences of their actions.
If they truly believe there is no hope in this realm besides its utter obliteration, they have my pity. Yet, I've seen many like them perish... just as certain, just as conflicted, just as human. If this is what they would stand for, 'tis also what they will fall for. If they can be stopped by other means, made to see a different path, 'twould be a thing to be celebrated.
But I can see no reason that those who have arrived at the Regent's side of their own volition should be spared at the expense of the innocent.
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[It's certainly putting Estinien in a difficult situation with regards to this conversation. It's not all that shocking - after all, he knows that many of the Pleroma have been chummy with the Kenoma despite everything. On some level, he understands why that is. On another, it still frustrates him. After all, there's nothing special about them.]
I've seen a great many men and women rise and fall with their cruel ambitions, simply because it seemed the only way to them. All men ultimately feel that their choices are what's right, 'else they would not have come to them. Yet, this does not exempt them from the consequences of their actions.
If they truly believe there is no hope in this realm besides its utter obliteration, they have my pity. Yet, I've seen many like them perish... just as certain, just as conflicted, just as human. If this is what they would stand for, 'tis also what they will fall for. If they can be stopped by other means, made to see a different path, 'twould be a thing to be celebrated.
But I can see no reason that those who have arrived at the Regent's side of their own volition should be spared at the expense of the innocent.