Honestly I don't think there is a solution that would have made everyone happy. Had this been up to me, it would have been captured and put on trial. Had we reached an understanding with the beast, mayhaps we would have found a powerful ally in the dragon. But then, what if it had escaped and revealed itself to be an enemy that had purposefully taken all those lives?
Where our survival is concerned, killing the dragon may have been the right choice. None of us are gifted with clairvoyance. It is impossible to know what would have happened, had we tried negotiating with it. Perhaps the dragon could have been a friend. Or perhaps next week it could have been setting our homes in Camelot on fire.
I do not believing chastising those of us who did what they believed to be best is helpful.
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Honestly I don't think there is a solution that would have made everyone happy. Had this been up to me, it would have been captured and put on trial. Had we reached an understanding with the beast, mayhaps we would have found a powerful ally in the dragon. But then, what if it had escaped and revealed itself to be an enemy that had purposefully taken all those lives?
Where our survival is concerned, killing the dragon may have been the right choice. None of us are gifted with clairvoyance. It is impossible to know what would have happened, had we tried negotiating with it. Perhaps the dragon could have been a friend. Or perhaps next week it could have been setting our homes in Camelot on fire.
I do not believing chastising those of us who did what they believed to be best is helpful.