Because they must've felt like they had no other choice. The sacrifices they made, of their own people and of those who were drawn in, were for protection. For the sake of their families, the ones who came before and after.

[ she knows it'd be easy. she only asks; she doesn't impede. but her gaze focuses back into him and she loosens her grip on the blanket. ]

It's not right. But it's like the City: it's a symptom of a greater problem, and the way they solved it was through stuff like this. We weren't the first, but we'll have been the last. That's good enough.

[ for her, it is. for others... not so. ]