Is she dead. Are you guilty. They're such simple questions, but nothing simple is ever easy.
"Not her," Mercury says finally. The one who's dead didn't have a bracelet. She had a locket instead.
Are you guilty when the person you killed would have destroyed the entire planet if she'd lived? When it had to happen, no matter how fate changed, because that battle wouldn't change (except to leave you the one dead instead)? Are you innocent when that has nothing to do with what started you down that path?
Are you guilty when the blood on your hands comes from monsters, creatures with minds bent on tearing apart even more people, creating more victims, and destruction in their path? Are you innocent when they were nothing but victims used by the true enemy?
"Innocent or guilty, it's already done." This is an unsatisfactory answer, but it's the best one she has for herself, too.
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"Not her," Mercury says finally. The one who's dead didn't have a bracelet. She had a locket instead.
Are you guilty when the person you killed would have destroyed the entire planet if she'd lived? When it had to happen, no matter how fate changed, because that battle wouldn't change (except to leave you the one dead instead)? Are you innocent when that has nothing to do with what started you down that path?
Are you guilty when the blood on your hands comes from monsters, creatures with minds bent on tearing apart even more people, creating more victims, and destruction in their path? Are you innocent when they were nothing but victims used by the true enemy?
"Innocent or guilty, it's already done." This is an unsatisfactory answer, but it's the best one she has for herself, too.