Impressed, appalled, and shocked by the massacre in the Firefly labs, fans on the official “The Last of Us” subreddit were left scratching their heads when Joel Miller decided to spare two nurses who were moments away from killing Ellie — and many seemed to agree that it was because the nurses posed no real threat.
“To be fair to Joel though, everyone up to that point was armed and ordered to kill him,” said u/Mars-For-The-Rich. “Gotta save his bullets,” offered u/Anarchybites, pointing out that Joel only had a pistol at this point. “Can’t reload with Ellie in his arms. Save his bullets for threats. Like poor Marlene [Merle Dandridge].” Another user emphasized how this moment of mercy makes Joel’s rampage less evil, making the other murders seem necessary to save Ellie while these two nurses actually de-escalated and listened to him — unlike their fallen cohorts.
Although it’s unclear whether or not these two nurses will come back to haunt Joel in the future (since they appear to be the only survivors of his killing spree), other users were quick to point out that Joel’s choice to spare them is also a choice you make in the game – and many players simply executed the nurses with no later consequences for the story. In the end, it seems like Joel’s mercy was pragmatic rather than noble, and had the nurses fought back they would have ended up the same as the other Fireflies strewn across the hospital floor.
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