Talk:The Lesser Evil/@comment-61.239.141.178-20171213134720

Gerald wad very conflicted at the end of the short story, that he chose the lesser evil instead of staying out of the whole thing. I would argue that Geralt never made the first move to kill the bandits. It was self defense, not a preventive, preemptive attack. It was the bandits who made the first move, shooting Geralt. Geralt deflected it, and they chose to continue attacking him. Throughout the whole incident, Geralt was defending himself. Entirely. So I don't understand why he thought he chose the lesser evil. Unless he thinks that self defense is an evil, which we know is not true.