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** Alice knows that sometimes [[CruelToBeKind pain is the only teacher]].
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** Alice had [[FreudianExcuse an abusive childhood]] and is enviously taking out her trauma on children who have it easier.
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** Alice is an EvilOverlord or similar conqueror, and is GenreSavvy enough to know that sparing children is dangerous when torching a DoomedHometown. Therefore, if she deems a place worthy of conquest, she ensures that no children survive the purge.
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** Alice is willing to hurt children, but refuses to kill them.
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** Alice thought about shooting a child, but once she confronts one, [[EveryoneHasStandards she cannot bring herself to do it]].

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* '''Inverted''': [[DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult Alice, a child, has no qualms about hurting or killing adults]].

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Alice, a child, has no qualms about hurting or killing adults]].adults]].
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## Either Alice detonates the explosives while the child is nearby them, or a sniper sees what Alice's up to and is forced to BoomHeadshot the child (as the SadisticChoice would have been let the child's explosives kill countless others).
## It might also be that there is only time to just act and not think; in which first instinct is "take the shot and deal with the consequences later." In a war-based or anti-terrorist piece of work this wouldn't be that far from the truth.

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## *** 1. Either Alice detonates the explosives while the child is nearby them, or a sniper sees what Alice's up to and is forced to BoomHeadshot the child (as the SadisticChoice would have been let the child's explosives kill countless others).
## *** 2. It might also be that there is only time to just act and not think; in which first instinct is "take the shot and deal with the consequences later." In a war-based or anti-terrorist piece of work this wouldn't be that far from the truth.

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