Hypothetical Questions
Do the ends justify the means?
If you could kill one person to save a thousand, would you? What if it was to save a hundred? What about ten? In war, you have no choice but to play a game of numbers, but surely, there is a line to be drawn somewhere.
But the closer you get to the line, the blurrier and less distinct it seems. Or is it even there in the first place? For who are you to put a value to human life, to say that one life is worth more than the other, or to quantify it? Human beings are not pawns; both Minerva and Severus have constantly reminded you of that. It is fundamentally wrong to say that one life is worth more than the other. But they are not sheer numbers to be placed into an equation either, because they are not exactly equal, are they?
All these are purely academic now, of course. It is too late for doubts now. The stage has been set, the players put in place, and there is no time for second guessing. For better or for worse, the choice has been taken out of your hands.
Out of the corner of your eyes, you can see the Voldemort's army approaching from the horizon. You smile. It is time.
Let the games begin.