[Route 29] Text (locked from Ryner)/Action - Ecruteak City

[dreamsofahero]

*it's been a day of off an on drizzly rain throughout Johto today, and on the evening of this chilly wet day a post appears on the network from Sion. Unusual for him, it's in text. Even more unusual (not that, in theory, anyone but Sion knows), he's actually set up a filter to prevent his best friend from seeing it....*

Such melancholy weather as this leads to melancholy thoughts. If there are any who care to indulge my morbid curiosity, I wonder if there's anyone who's done something out of necessity that they've regretted. Or perhaps plans to do? What is it like to live with such a decision?


*...should anyone wish to seek him out in person, he can be found sitting in a quiet cafe somewhere in Ecruteak, reading a book that's piqued his interest*

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Re: private text

[dreamsofahero]

*because he hates the idea of there not being a solution where everyone can be saved :/*

I am aware of the need to appear decisive and strong in front of those who would follow me. But that does not mean I am truly without doubts.

How am I to know if I truly have made the right choice? To weigh the needs of many against that of a few is one matter, but what of other matters. For example, if you could spare someone a terrible fate, would you not wish to do so? However, what if to do so required causing them great harm?

private text

[ex_cashcow493]

[ The idea sucks, but sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or in this case, the thoughts of the one. ]

You cannot spare someone from something that is their fate.
That is what it means for it to be their fate.

Re: private text

[dreamsofahero]

*that still doesn't make it a good thing. Even if it's for the greater good, those who are so sacrificed don't get any benefit out of it :/*

I disagree, however I was speaking in more general terms. One might cut off a man's infected limb to spare him from dying of it, but is it better to allow a mortally wounded man to die slowly and in agony or to spare him such pain be taking his life quickly?