Mercurians and killing to save others.

[Omegonthesane]

Originally Posted by naraht

OP here: In this scenario, A&B are very close together, the Mercurian is *much* farther away.

Then they can explain that when the inevitable question comes up - granted it is a *very* good reason to not just jump in the way.

It all depends on who/what B is, how deserving of protection they are - but in few cases, if any, will the Mercurian get off scot free. Even if B is another human, Mercurian dissonance specifically does not extend to letting humans die through inaction, or even to telling your Malakite bodyguard to do the honours, so B had better be an important human for you to make that call. Or A a particularly unimportant one, such as a Hellsworn or a zombie.