This is exactly what I thought about too
The moment the guy said that I instantly thought this. The after life would treat them much kinder than the scum in the overworld. To think they felt it was their only choice…
You just gave me goosebumps, well said
reminds me of margaret garner. she killed her baby daughter when she was going to be forced back into slavery, a fate she thought much worse than death. the inspiration for the toni morrison book beloved.
The way I know why so many mothers would throw their babies overboard and leave em to the gods because death would be so much kinder than a man could ever be