Looking at it from the view of the opressor and the opressed, yeah, the elves have the justification to fight for a life where they don't have to mourn people being killed periodically for their opressors wealth. The opressor now saying "How could you kill my comrades!" feel pretty human, but...
Yeah, just the situation: a rebel and her (soon to be) lover go together on a mission to steal from the empire while promising each other their love.
At least one of them has to die.
I kinda agree with the final comment, she is a slave who is forced to work for the rest of her life. If she were to kill her master and escape, that would also be an interesting story.
Thanks for picking this up.
About the chapter: comparing the two sides the story is feeling more and more like Lord of the Flies where the two groups never met each other. One side thrived on cooperation and fairness and the other degraded into violence, sickness and starvation. Curious how...
That sounds like a good meta for her skill, running would turn a lot harder if you suddenly have superhuman strenght and your next step leaves you hovering above the ground.
You know, this chapter was really fun, he was in a completely different context than he is usually in, but he didn't feel like he was out of place in a big city. I guess this is what comes with a transmigrating character, he knows how to live in a society.