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[–] AbNormalHumanBeing@piefed.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

One interesting thing is that we don't really kow much about her. The few things we can be pretty certain of, are (Spoilers ahead):

  • We know her hedonistic escapes from a guilt complex are real, and that some forces in the MI truly want her dead - confirmed by our ESP if we do take her in. (Much to the shock of some players who had hoped to arrest her and keep her safe somehow, from the blind playthroughs I watched people play)

  • We know she really has some skillset that indicates some sort of spy work, but where does it really stem from? It could be from what she tells us, but it could also be something different, maybe something worse, maybe something more mundane.

  • We do know she has seemingly always had the problem of being fetishised by men around her, as we witness with at least Ti~~d~~tus and the Deserter (EDIT: And of course Harry), and that she both inadvertantly and consciously used that to her advantage (mostly: trying to survive) if possible, while also not having a choice about it. EDIT: Her relationship with the mercenary is really interesting in that regard, she probably witnessed unwillingly bringing out the worst in men around her over and over, turning them into monsters. Then there is a monster, and in her mind, she turned him into a better version of himself, reducing hist monster-ness. Not that that is healthy, but it is a great characterisation by the writers for sure.

But no matter what, I, personally don't think prison (which results in her death) is something she deserves. There is a part within me, that would love to somehow keep her "safe" while also putting her into a situation where she has to reveal what is really in her past - but that part of me, I realise, is exactly the fetishising effect she has on het men in action, even as a fictional character (combined with my often aggressive curiosity).

So, my vote is: Let her go. She might not be a great person overall, and has definitely some shit in her past, whatever it really is, but she deserves to live. If she really does deserve prison, then only, as she herself put it, in a new world, after La Retour, which would stop hunting her as prey, both literally and in the way people who are attracted to her force their fantasies on her.