You know, I have to be honest and say that at this stage I have a bit of a problem with the idea that it's *avoiding* conflict that should cost something. Avoiding conflict usually takes more thought and effort than just fighting. Why should it cost more? If anything I feel like the dumb route of just fighting and killing is the thing that should cost extra, the penalty for being violent and taking the easy route. It's just a personal peeve of mine, I'm tired of the default assumption being that the 'good' route should always be the harder one, or the one that costs more. Why can't the violent, evil route be the one that ultimately ends up not paying off, or being more trouble than it was worth?
