There aren't any answers, only choices

And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.

I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy , too, so far as I could. While I could not spare you pain and humiliation, I make you a gift of my own pains and humiliations, that yours might be easier to bear.

And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?

That's not precisely what I had in mind." Jamie, I had found out by accident a few days previously, had never mastered the art of winking one eye. Instead, he blinked solemnly, like a large red owl.

You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well. The man willna lay hands on ye again, while I live.

Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases