Scene 9: La Ciudad po el Rio
Ethan listened in horrified silence. "The vampires have made them suffer so badly they see death as the only escape," he thought. It was not the first time he had encountered such despair though he fervently wished it had been. On his Earth he had once seem something very similar, the only difference being the agents of the suffering.
Dwelling on that sad memory would do no one, least of all him, any good in the here and now so he took a deep breath and cleared his mind. He wanted to still help these people but they did not want it. He might be able to somehow force them to let him find a cure but at what cost? How much harm would he be responsible for inflicting upon them in the course of forcing a cure on them? Yet if he did nothing, they would all die, if not by the disease then by their own hands.
To say Ethan was conflicted would be like observing the Pacific Ocean was a good size. Then the words of the Hippocratic oath came to him, 'I will do no harm'. Those were not the exact words but that was their meaning from the dawn of medicine. His oath as a physician was one of the few things he had left from his Earth. It was precious to him and he would not abandon them.
Now that he has the answer to his moral dilemma, he looked at Sir Arulas and then at Mara Anna. "I can't say I'm happy with your plan ma'am but I can understand how people can feel like they have no other option. I am asking, please, that you give us the chance to stop the vampires tonight. If we fail, well then you can still go ahead with your plan, just like my friends have said. If we win, I'd beg you to reconsider letting me help cure this disease."