Starlight lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously rubbing the bottle in her hands.
She had not drunk any. Since joining the Seven, she had seen too much darkness: fake rescues packaged as "heroic operations," decisions to sacrifice ordinary people for publicity, and deals that looked glamorous on the surface but were filthy behind the scenes.
Yet after Soldier Boy had truly dealt with Madelyn and Edgar and taken control of Vought, those dark aspects seemed to have vanished overnight.
As a result, Vought was visibly shrinking.
But Starlight felt this was the right direction, so she admired Soldier Boy greatly. She felt that a leader with the resolve to make such decisions was a kind and pure hero, just like her.
But today was different. Homelander had personally ended an ordinary person's life right in front of her, while Soldier Boy had stood by and tacitly allowed it. Even when she came to confront him, Soldier Boy still believed Carl deserved to die.
Over a business rivalry, these superhumans had relied on their power to trample the law and treat human lives as worthless.
Soldier Boy leaned back in his chair and looked at the young woman before him. "You think we were all wrong?"
Starlight fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
Her voice was quiet but firm. She stared stubbornly at Soldier Boy, refusing to back down:
"I know Carl wasn't a good person. She did a lot of bad things, but... we can't decide when someone should die."
The room fell quiet for a moment. Stormfront sat nearby, her eyes repeatedly flicking toward Soldier Boy.
A woman's sensitive sixth sense told her that Soldier Boy had changed a great deal since being thawed out.
So she wanted to see how Soldier Boy would deal with this subordinate