I will not follow any deity who demands murder.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because we know murder to be wrong.’ ‘Is it as simple as that, captain? Are there not exceptions? Do we not draw circles in the sand and claim all outside them to be less than us, and by this distinction do we not absolve ourselves of the crime of murder?’ ‘Sophistry, sir.’ ‘Yet, as a warrior, captain, you have committed murder in the name of our people, and in the name of your lord.’ ‘I have, but in the taking of life I appease no god’s command. The crime is mine and upon no other shoulders do I set it. If I did – if we all did – then
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