And I'm saying there's no consequence that should end in someone's life. There has to be a way that isn't taking more lives than necessary, all that's doing is breeding more of it.

[ She should have been able to reconcile with this fact in all of these years - some part of her steadily rallies against it. That even the worst criminals shouldn't be punished by death, that ending death in more death makes a never-ending cycle. There has to be something. ]

[ Her mouth pinches, just a touch, the only expression of discontent: ]

You can't save anyone at all if you don't even try.