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I've been waiting for this scene!!!
Anyway, let me say this. Death is not a punishment. It's a quick escape. Especially to that b*tch Aubrey. I'm not being soft, but quite the opposite. Having the family members execute their own kin was punishment enough for them and probably traumatize them for life, but it didn't serve any lesson for the actual b*tch at fault. She literally had about three seconds to realize what was going on and even until then, her mind went like "Wait, am I gonna die?"
She wasn't even close enough to realizing her mistake. And death as quick as that isn't punishment for a dumb b*tch like her. It's a scapegoat!
You know what's fitting? Prison, starvation, slavery (set her to work in stables or some hardcore labor), throw her into that barren land where monsters lurk, etc. Sure, she won't realize her mistake still. In fact, her hatred might grow even more. But the punishment is there. Her pride would be crushed, her sanity would crumble bit by bit, her body would be in pain, she'd experience hardships she never knew in her entire spoiled life, she'd be tortured and left to die slowly, and her last moment would be sh*t. The longer she stays alive, the better. Or better yet, she gets to live long enough that she'll just force herself to end her own life because she can't handle it anymore. Won't that be beautiful? The satisfaction of seeing an ignorant b*tch crumble into shreds of hopelessness, without knowing what she did wrong, but being shunned for what she thought was right?
Ah, lucky Aubrey. You had it easy. Beheaded by a long sword? They could've at least provided an old rusty one. Or a small knife so it would take a number of thrusts before her neck could come off. That would be good too. Like 7 minutes in hell. Imagine her crying face as she waits for her neck to just please come off so her suffering would end. Hmph.
Cedric, you're still too nice. I must've been some sick psycho in my past life. I hope not.
P.S. Even Tia agrees. In her past life, her limbs were cut off. No tongue, no legs, no arms, and chained to slowly suffer. She KNOWS what actual hell of a punishment is. She's been there! And Audrey doesn't come close to how Tia suffered.