Tyler White
Life Mage
The Pyramids of Egypt

"Fine, fine, only kill if necessary," I sighed to Alma, realizing we were just spinning in circles here. "You know, I would think any human would seriously question where these superpowers came from before getting them, but I suppose you could be right in saying maybe they were forced into it, which definitely puts a whole new spin on the situation."

It could, after all, have been a sick science experimentation that the unknowing recipient wasn't expecting and they were just used like a human lab rat. I hadn't considered that before, but if that's what was going on here, going the extra mile to find a way to reverse the effect would be the better and more ethical decision simply because what happened to them wasn't their fault or their wish. It was not at all going to be easy, but... it would be the right thing to do.

"Ok, I'll compromise here," I told Alma, getting into the thick of all this. "If we find a way for them to give up or reverse their powers, then we need to all agree that we do that and make sure the technology and whatever sick process they used to make this possible is totally annihilated so much so that they can never recreate it. But if we can't reverse the process and those powers are too embedded into that superhuman for removal, I don't know what to tell you. I just see a whole lot of ways that would backfire in our faces sooner or later and it shouldn't be our job to babysit the guy at all times to make sure he uses the powers for good."

"Now, as far as self defense goes..." I told her, laying out my feelings about this whole thing, "any human that comes after us armed with a weapon or machine intending to use it to kill us has to be taken out. If they're clearly unarmed, obviously we leave them alone. I'll even compromise and say unarmed humans that support the mage elimination still aren't a threat until they're armed and dangerous, because sure, if we do the right thing, maybe they'll figure out for themselves that we're not the bad guys here, and I sure don't fear a few protest signs and naughty words as long as that's the only thing they're flinging around."

There, she really couldn't complain about that now.