I understand that sort of vow. I can appreciate the reasoning behind it, whatever it might be. One of the hardest things to do is to allow someone else to be hurt, when you have the power to stop it, and the desire to.
But that's something you need to learn. [She lifts a hand to forestall an objection.] Don't mistake me, I am definitely not asking for you to simply stand back and let someone else get hurt for no reason, especially not someone who can't handle it or shouldn't be involved. But your fellow cadets, and graduated SeeDs, are not in that category.
Let me put an example to you this way: A lunatic with a gun is on a crowded street in Dollet, aiming it at your fellow cadet. If you attack him, you will knock him out, but your partner will be shot. If you throw yourself in front of your partner, she will survive, but she only has a 50% chance of disabling the gunman before he can fire further. Which is the proper course to take?
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I understand that sort of vow. I can appreciate the reasoning behind it, whatever it might be. One of the hardest things to do is to allow someone else to be hurt, when you have the power to stop it, and the desire to.
But that's something you need to learn. [She lifts a hand to forestall an objection.] Don't mistake me, I am definitely not asking for you to simply stand back and let someone else get hurt for no reason, especially not someone who can't handle it or shouldn't be involved. But your fellow cadets, and graduated SeeDs, are not in that category.
Let me put an example to you this way: A lunatic with a gun is on a crowded street in Dollet, aiming it at your fellow cadet. If you attack him, you will knock him out, but your partner will be shot. If you throw yourself in front of your partner, she will survive, but she only has a 50% chance of disabling the gunman before he can fire further. Which is the proper course to take?