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The third option, although doing a job that by it's very nature is cruel and inhumane, my Kaleun, Ludwig Kaiser is from the old school. He has a firm belief in honour and morality. That even in war, there is a place for compassion. That empathy is what differentiates us from animals. Although he is distanced from the actual slaughter and blood that his actions cause, ( he sees it as one machine stopping another ), in the quiet aftermath of an engagement, while lying on his bunk, he resumes the constant struggle with his inner self about the terrible plight he has condemmed fellow seafarers to
He never listens to the screams of a dying ship through the phones. Attacking a neutral ship is something he strenuously avoids, he would never target a hospital ship,or a ship stopping to pick up survivors, and even if ordered to do so, would find a way to disobey the command.
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