1. Which should be saved – a bus full of innocent lives or a loved one?
“Innocent lives. I’m a lot more invested in making sure no damage is done unnecessarily to those that are innocent if I can help it.” Besides most of those Saam considers loved ones are likely to return anyway.
3. If you could jump back through time to save a loved one’s life, would you? Despite what it might to do the timeline? To everyone else? Do you believe it is their fate to die regardless?
“As tempting that it might be, I feel like it would be irresponsible and terribly selfish to jump back in time to save someone. At that point, I definitely think it’s better to leave them as it is – there are too many repercussions for that decision to be worth it. ”
9. Can people be held accountable for things people close or related to them did or are they innocent?
“Ah. I mean I think if they didn’t actually do it, they are innocent. I think people can be held accountable for the company they keep. But I’m not going to judge someone for actions that they didn’t actually participate in. ”
11. Imagine there is a beast that craves attention. If you ignore it, despite being deadly, it will leave you alone. Could you live like that? Even if it possibly attacked others? Would you try and challenge something that unknown?
“…I think I could only live like that for a little while. If it attacked others, I’d feel more obliged to challenge something – even if it is unknown. If it wasn’t going to attack others, I could probably ignore it for a while.”
17. Have you ever gotten sheer joy out of hurting someone else, either physically or mentally? To whom and why? Did it scare you?
“….Yes. I’ve gotten joy out of it as a child fighting those that had tried to Christianize me unsuccessfully for a while. It was utterly exciting for me at the time to inflict pain on those that would try to force their ways upon me and those I cared about. At the time, I didn’t really fear it. Although in retrospect, I can see why it would be.. offputting to say the least. ”
21. Are there people in this world you simply think the world would be better without? If you could erase them out of existence without physically murdering them, would you?
“….Yes. And yes. But I can’t really do much about that situation so I take it as it is. ”
32. If you could choose to remove certain feelings such as anger, confusion, sadness, would you remove them?
“Honestly, I’d be tempted to. But I probably wouldn’t just because some of those emotions are powerful motivators that without them, I might not feel as compelled to take action. I mean sure, I could rationally decide to do something – but I just would be as complete without feelings even if some of them are negative.”