Maybe they want us to be merciful towards the dragons.

[ After all, they were put asleep against their will. It's not like Minako can't see that side of the equation at all. It's just that she doesn't like it, since it doesn't feel like the scale is in balance here, when it comes to the odds on either side of it. ]

But wouldn't it be cruel to be merciful to two beings, and then to sacrifice entire villages of people over it? How is it merciful to just.. let people die? [ Minako sure doesn't think it is. It makes her frown, like the very idea of this is just insulting to her.

Not insulting on Jade's part, of course. It feels like an insult by the being giving them this test. ]