Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-114.79.60.17-20160626164308/@comment-4010415-20180629060551

Rion Dragonheart wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: Ultimately, I suspect if he does leave it will be due to the realization money means nothing in a dead world. Hmmm... What are the odds of Mercury having actual camaraderie and concern for Emerald? I definitely wouldn't say it's impossible. It's just hard to tell what path he might take in the future, since we know so little about him.

But unlike a lot of people, I think there is possibility for him to be redeemed if the right things happen.

Emerald seemed like she could be redeemed in Volumes 3 and 4, since she actually looked sad seeing people getting attacked by Grimm and robots, and then she looked disturbed while watching Grimm being born at the beginning of Volume 4. There's also the fact that the reason she joined Cinder in the first place is because she was homeless and starving, living on the streets, stealing just to survive. Then, Cinder came along and told her that she would provide for her, and all Emerald had to do was work for her. But from the way she reacted to finding out Cinder had been defeated in a very real and serious way at the end of Volume 5, I think that she has a lower chance of redemption for now.

Mercury, meanwhile... I can't help but think about the fact that he was most likely raised to be an assassin. His father was an assassin and was teaching him to be one, so it's possible that the life of an assassin is all he knows. I really think it's possible he didn't join in on this just for a large amount of money, but rather because he has nothing better to do. He has nowhere to go, no one to go to, no knowledge of a normal life. He was raised to kill people, and Cinder came along and told him that her group needed someone who is willing to kill. Under her, he was provided with something to do with his life.

Basically, what I'm saying is, if he can be given a reason to take an interest in trying to lead a different life, the normal life he never knew as a child, he could maybe be redeemed.