I know you would. I'd have done it without you having to ask me.
[ It sounds a cruelty, to say that you'd be ready to kill a dear friend -- but Claude means it in the most honourable way he could. He knows Ethlyn. He knows she takes pride in her role as a healer, knows that everything she did was to save the lives of her people, knows that she loves others fiercely and will only kill if absolutely necessary. It often is, in a world at war, but that makes her moral code all the more precious for it. ]
But I don't think it will come to that. Not now, and not ever. And certainly not with a cure in sight. [ He gives her a small smile, a paltry attempt to lift the grim mood. ] Believe me when I say it would be my last resort, as I know it would be yours. Now! [ He claps his hands. ] Being that you believe we can heal these poor people, I think it's high time we get to work.
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[ It sounds a cruelty, to say that you'd be ready to kill a dear friend -- but Claude means it in the most honourable way he could. He knows Ethlyn. He knows she takes pride in her role as a healer, knows that everything she did was to save the lives of her people, knows that she loves others fiercely and will only kill if absolutely necessary. It often is, in a world at war, but that makes her moral code all the more precious for it. ]
But I don't think it will come to that. Not now, and not ever. And certainly not with a cure in sight. [ He gives her a small smile, a paltry attempt to lift the grim mood. ] Believe me when I say it would be my last resort, as I know it would be yours. Now! [ He claps his hands. ] Being that you believe we can heal these poor people, I think it's high time we get to work.