The Moral Issue
Aelita
We've all been told the same thing. We're supposed to talk about what we were thinking 'Back Then.' Jeremie's parents think we need to justify our actions. Keeping Lyoko a secret as long as we did, not turning Xana off sooner. They blame us for Earth's destruction. Turning Xana off earlier would only have destroyed the chance of human survival. Because at that time, Lyoko would have gone as well. There would have been no place to go.
I think we all must have realized that somehow, even if we didn't know it. On some sunconsciouslevel, we must all have known that Lyoko was Earth's only hope.
I understrand why they think we vioulated our morals. From their point of view, it must seem like we risked the Earth for one little girl. One little girl who wasn't even human. That's not the reason.
I don't know what the reason was. I can't explian it. If it had been only for me, I would have had them turn off Xana, regardless of the consequences. I would have been dead, but Earth would have been safe. Or I would have believed it was safe.
But we knew better. It was only a feeling, but we never considered shutting Xana down. No one ever even brought it up.
I'm not going to justify our actions. Maybe because I can't. Because Earth was destroyed because of it's contact with Lyoko. We could have stopped that, when we went back in time. Earth was destroyed because of Lyoko. But it was saved by Lyoko ask well. And maybe it's better this way.
Because, you see, Earth had too many problems to begin with. Here, we have close to none. Millions died with the earth, but we've saved a piece of it, here with us. Jeremie and our children, two years old, are only the beginning of something wonderful.
Aelita Belpois, age 20
