"I'm not sure if he ever came into contact with one, so I couldn't presume." He takes a sip of tea. "I think you would take issue with a god who only offered to people who he deemed as... morally worthy."
"I would. I struggle with that myself... I'm here because I want to help protect the rights of the inmates, even those I don't personally like. But in practice it's harder," a soft chuckle. "Especially when, in a wolf pack, they'd just be torn apart by the group."
"I have the... advantage of protecting people for the sake of protecting them. Which makes things, possibly, differently personal for me here than it might be for some."
The god of that which is thrown away. "Still, that is how I'd describe my purpose on the barge at this moment. It might have to be modified, a little, when I'm paired with someone."
He gives the question careful thought. "I would speak with the other person involved, to try to get an understanding of the consequences to them, if they're the sort who can find it difficult to state that themselves. I'd probably confine my inmate to my cabin for at least a few days, and try to work through the reasons and the reasonable consequences. I don't believe murder is a reasonable or helpful action here, and not being able to adapt to different circumstances won't help them back in their world."
"It's a bad idea to desensitize people to murder. I went home more willing to kill than I came in, and I was happy to murder to begin with. But when you start thinking it doesn't matter, there are no consequences..."
Xie Lian shrugs, just a little. "I was a soldier, for a time. So I don't disagree. Though people also don't have to come back to desensitize you. But that's part of why I don't think murder is ever justified here, specifically."
"People who have killed since we've come back to the ship. And, hypothetically, people who might not normally kill but feel it's the only way to get justice or keep themselves safe."
"I've spoken with Envy, though not about that. I've also spoken with young Daniel. I didn't think speaking with Trevor would be useful, and I don't know Norton. Have there been others since we've gotten back to the ship?"
"Perhaps not so surprisingly, as we were specifically selected. Though with slightly varying ideas about what their problems are and why it's a solution. I'm least familiar with Norton, so I wouldn't venture to guess, but the rest... perhaps both more and less similar to each other than they might like."
"There are a lot of similar people here. A lot of people used to being the strongest or the smartest or the most needed." A small frown. "It makes doing anything as a group that much harder."
Xie Lian stares into space a moment. "You've never been to the Heavenly Court." And that makes Lark lucky. He returns to the present. "I just don't think there are that many different reasons to murder someone. Not deep down."
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