I'm just gonna comment, taken the other way, this could be a sci-fi premise.
Instead of seeing your child go from 0 to 1 (was it murder? An accident, disease?
I'm thinking maybe the MC or a group can now see this number, and realise that all schoolchildren have a kill count, all people do, even little old ladies who bake cookies for the neighborhood. The number reduces in populations with less capitalist tendencies.
Sort of a ham-fisted metaphor about the modern world running on the misery of three quarters of its humans.
my_4_cents t1_itaqvbu wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in [WP] You have the ability to see people’s kill count on their head. You tell no one, managed to stay away from shady people and live a peaceful life. One day, your 5 years old kid’s number is not 0... by guitarist2505
I'm just gonna comment, taken the other way, this could be a sci-fi premise.
Instead of seeing your child go from 0 to 1 (was it murder? An accident, disease?
I'm thinking maybe the MC or a group can now see this number, and realise that all schoolchildren have a kill count, all people do, even little old ladies who bake cookies for the neighborhood. The number reduces in populations with less capitalist tendencies.
Sort of a ham-fisted metaphor about the modern world running on the misery of three quarters of its humans.