Break the chain

“I don’t know who you are or what you did to get yourself into this cage, waiting for death. The fact that you weren’t executed and were, rather, left to suffer from starvation probably means you truly deserved this fate. While wickedness is one thing I cannot stand to see, it takes a backseat to suffering. It’s my belief that those who wrong others should be disposed of, not treated poorly or made to suffer. When they are, those who inflict the suffering are no better than the wrong-doers themselves. My Paladinic oath does not permit this… Evil must be punished. You might, perhaps, run off and begin inflicting your misdeeds somewhere else. But do so with this knowledge: today, you would have died. By your hand or by mine. I set you free, and give you this small amount of coin, with the hope that you will start again. Take this second chance and do something better with your life. You have the knowledge that I am sparing your life; heed this not as some fluke or happenstance. You are being given a second chance. Do not waste it. Should you waste it, know the sin would NOT be on your shoulders, but on mine. Any foul doings you commit stains my soul. Now go.”