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[ For perhaps the first time over the network, Elizabeth doesn't exactly look chipper. She's fidgeting, pulling at bits of her hair and moving as she talks. ]

Hello. I... I was hoping that I could ask you all your opinions, based on your own experiences. I realize that what I'm asking is situational and... well, really, private, but I really do need advice.

... When you have to kill, or... had to, before, what was it that allowed you to reason through it? Even if the act is for the greater good, it's still the taking of a life. Someone told me once that it was a necessity, though a terrible one, and I know now that he was right. Still, though, if it wasn't for survival-- for your own survival-- [ She pauses, reconsiders. ] If someone else was in danger--an innocent--is it any easier?

[ Clearly, she's never killed anyone before. Elizabeth chews on her lip, very much agitated. ]

Oh! This isn't about anyone on the ship, not at all. I'm only wondering for when I return to Columbia.

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[ Allison hasn't actually killed a person yet, and the one time she came close she doesn't really like talking about. But she has killed and fought summoned Japanese demons. It's the same thing, right? ] I was trying to protect my friends. I wasn't really thinking about whether or not I was taking a life, I just wanted to make sure they didn't take the lives of the people I care about.

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But, now that you've had time to think about it... do you regret it?

Protecting my friends? Absolutely not. [ Like what kind of question is that? ]

No, I mean... well, do you regret the killing? Do you ever wonder if there could have been another way, so no one would have had to die?

[ Allison grows quiet for a moment, contemplating. ] I don't really think there was any other way.

[ Elizabeth, in turn, is quiet. ]

I hope that I can have some of that same strength. If I go back, that is.

Who are you fighting for?

[ Elizabeth quirks a brow, surprised. ]

What do you mean?

That you need to kill someone. [ Allison's assuming that Elizabeth isn't just planning cold blooded murder, anyway. ]

It's to protect someone or something, right?

Well, yes. A... child.

[ She fidgets again, frowning. ] I don't know him, not at all, but I could never stand by and allow it to happen.

So it's worth it then. Killing to save a life.

That was what I was wondering. I... think you're right, though.

I hope I'm right.

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