nevertheless the people still sketch the flame of their undying lives;

[liberazoth]

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xenoblade 3 spoilers

[moonblades]

I think some of them might say they were satisfied.

[Not everyone would take the choice if they were given it... Mio remembers Beelzebub's words.

She thinks of Ethel and Cammuravi, given only one way to live and one way to die. They chose how they wanted their lives to end, too. Had they ever learned what drove that desire? It's strange, thinking of it now, to know they spent so much time in Colony 4, while her memory of that time is so short. How they decided to do what they did in the end and call it freedom... she knows they shouldn't have had to. She knows she's one of the people now stewarding their hopes for the future.

Can it be the same for the people she's met here, even not knowing what all of those hopes and dreams were? Who'll do it for her?

Vayne has been silent for a while, which even Mio notices despite her pensive silence.]

You've been thinking about this before today, too, haven't you?

[liberazoth]

Kind of. ... Sort of. I guess.

[ what people want, the choices they make, what their hearts desire, given the circumstances they're in... ]

Mainly I guess I've been wondering ... what the right thing to do in this situation is. Should we just say, 'they did it because they were wrong, and deserved to die because they were dangerous'? ... Or is it just because we're all scared of each other here, and because this place is terrible ...

That sort of thing. If ... if somehow we got the chance to bring them back, should we just leave some of them? Is that fair?

[ who gets to decide that? their victims? some of the culprits set out to hurt people, and who knows about whether they feel remorse for it. is it fair to bring them back, for their victims to have to face them later? ]

... But it's just wishful thinking, I guess. Since none of us seem to be able to reach our powers here, so...