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Simple—have them contract it the way anyone else would: by consuming the brains of the infected.  Given the Reaver distaste for eating carrion, any of the infected they eat must still be alive when consumed…and that’s when the horror sets in.  We realize the people Iscariot is caring for are destined as Reaver bait and the origin of the derelict we’d encountered is clear.  When we question him about it, Iscariot readily confirms our suspicions.  Yes, he was the one who scuttled the ship, then transferred the dozen people from Angelic Wetlands to it, there to end their days without food or water to die of privation or to die by Reaver hands.  And the horror doesn’t stop there—Iscariot himself has eaten the brain matter of the infected, giving himself the disease and by it paying the price for his sins.
 
Simple—have them contract it the way anyone else would: by consuming the brains of the infected.  Given the Reaver distaste for eating carrion, any of the infected they eat must still be alive when consumed…and that’s when the horror sets in.  We realize the people Iscariot is caring for are destined as Reaver bait and the origin of the derelict we’d encountered is clear.  When we question him about it, Iscariot readily confirms our suspicions.  Yes, he was the one who scuttled the ship, then transferred the dozen people from Angelic Wetlands to it, there to end their days without food or water to die of privation or to die by Reaver hands.  And the horror doesn’t stop there—Iscariot himself has eaten the brain matter of the infected, giving himself the disease and by it paying the price for his sins.
  
What does one do with a self-admitted monster who is already a walking dead man?  Do we shoot him, as punishment for his crimes and to save further victims of the disease his grisly plan for them?  If so, where does that put us on the moral map—how would we be any different?  We’d be in the same Ends-Justify-The-Means camp.  We cannot leave him alone to continue as he has, that would doom more innocents and also be something of a tacit approval of his actions.  We could report him to the authorities, but we’re not sure exactly if there are any authorities in the area to report him to.  ''Decatur'' may have the PDF prefix before her name, but it’s already clear that she may not be operating under the majority PDF agenda.  We could try to send a wave to ''Decatur'' specifically, but we have no guarantees that Shyla will answer.
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What does one do with a self-admitted monster who is already a walking dead man?  Do we shoot him, as punishment for his crimes and to save further victims of the disease his grisly plan for them?  If so, where does that put us on the moral map—how would we be any different?  We’d be in the same Ends-Justify-The-Means camp.  We cannot leave him alone to continue as he has, that would doom more innocents and also be something of a tacit approval of his actions.  We could report him to the authorities, but we’re not sure exactly if there are any authorities in the area to report him to.  Decatur may have the PDF prefix before her name, but it’s already clear that she may not be operating under the majority PDF agenda.  We could try to send a wave to Decatur specifically, but we have no guarantees that Shyla will answer.
  
 
In any case, any wave we send would have an uncertain response time and so we are stuck.  Do we do the expedient thing?  Or do we do the right thing?  And how to tell them apart in such a situation as this?   
 
In any case, any wave we send would have an uncertain response time and so we are stuck.  Do we do the expedient thing?  Or do we do the right thing?  And how to tell them apart in such a situation as this?   

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