Heroine Chapter: Weight of a life [1/2]

Chapter POV: Lilly Browning

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I pulled the trigger of the M60 machine gun in my hands. A feat of American engineering, this weapon was said to have done a lot for the Vietnam War. That meant this weapon was good at ending the lives of the user's enemies.

Originally, I didn't care much for guns. I found them inferior to blades. I mean, unlike most uncivilized people, the Browning family had a particularly noble school of thought.

'The weight of your sword determines the value of the life you take.'

The Brownings had their roots in the Knights of the Middle Ages. Their thinking and whole outlook was naturally influenced by chivalry.

The dogma essentially meant that only the weight of your sword determined who to kill and who to spare. And that you should think carefully before you draw your weapon. 

I have struggled with this notion for as long as I can remember.