Difficult Questions 6, 14, 16
((good ones!! thank you @lennora!))
6. Do you think that killing is ever justified?
“It is hard to say. I...I hate the yaungol for what was done to my family. I hate the Legion for what was done to my home. But in the case of the yaungol...they have families, tribes, lives. They are people like we are people, and before they were driven from their homes we did not bother each other much. Is it right to kill them? Is it right to rob them of their fathers, their brothers, their tribe leaders? I cannot say. Anger...anger burns too brightly in my heart to make that decision.
“In the case of the Legion...are they even people? Are they not just constructs of evil? I think...maybe, to protect those you love, any measure can be taken. It is...the senseless, cold-blooded murder...that is definitely wrong.”
14. Have you ever doubted your own beliefs? (Spiritual, philosophical)
She shifts uncomfortably. “I have. When...when my Yaohan was lost, when no one, not even the Shado-Pan, not even the strength of the White Tiger or the wisdom of the Jade Serpent could save him...something died in me that day. I am not certain that...it will ever be the same. Even now...I am afraid sometimes that the Red Crane does not hear me. How can I believe that we will be fine, when the gods could not save my family, when the gods could do nothing to save the temples that fell before the Legion? It is...not a pleasant thought.”
16. What would you consider a fate worse than death?
She stares at you, her blue eyes darkening with deep sorrow. In that moment, she seems to age ten years, her face gaunt and her mouth pinched. “Living...living when all that you have known and loved has been destroyed. That...that is worse.”