Could you?

[Neferchoirwen]

What's BCT? My dad's in the Navy, and he's supposed to be somewhere in the Middle East.

What happens if it were not evil, even to the point that seems harmless.

That's another good point, but killing to that point may be inevitable. We can never tell. But being in ME at the third age on a treck for something that's larger than life may mean doing everything that may keep you alive at all costs.