Aquaman: “I can kill you and end the cycle, that would save lives. And afterward…

Aquaman: “I can kill you and finish the cycle, that will save lives. And afterwards, I’d nonetheless be Aquaman, with a life, obligations and a job on this world.”
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Black Manta: “Mistaken, kill me and you’ll eternally be tarnished by that act. You received’t be Aquaman anymore, probably not. If I kill you, I’m absolved, delivered, my father avenged. You lose both method, morally or actually. Both method, I win.”
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