Though there were a few people pushing the disparate punishments for murder, Cheym was the one Kratos had already spoken to, and was among those pushing it most insistently. He had to wonder what motive was behind that.

He didn't much like either capital punishment or life imprisonment, but the whole situation was alien to him. Kratos hadn't intended to speak much, but in this case, there did seem to be some perspectives being overlooked.

"What of those who abuse the Foreigners' ability to return?" he asked. "Not all Foreigners are of equal power. Should a kedan who imprisons a Foreigner and kills them, only to wait for them to revive so they may be killed again, be given a lesser sentence than someone who committed a single murder? Someone who continuously takes a life would be more a threat to the city than someone in the throes of an impassioned act of violence, regardless of species."

And, of course, there was the issue of lifespans not being equal.