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Alice, the villain, will be taunting Bob, the hero for being too cowardly to take her life and Bob's response is along the lines of: "It's not mine to take", as he sheathes his weapon (or hands it to another character). The motive is usually [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] (because the speaker recognizes he/she is not said "Only One). It could be said during a [[Sword Over Head]] moment, but not every [[Sword Over Head]] moment uses this phrase.
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* Can be played straight or averted with [[Mass Effect]] 2. Pretty much every loyalty mission that comes with a distinct "Kill this person" ending, can have the players Shepard kill the target, have Shepard convince their team-mate to kill the target, or not kill the target at all.
* Can be played straight in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', too. At the Landsmeet, {{spoiler|upon defeating Loghain in single combat, you have the option to either kill or spare him. If you choose to kill him, you can then finish the blow yourself, or hand it off to Alistair on the grounds that, for him, [[
** Similarily, at the end of the Leliana's Song DLC, Leliana refrain from killing [[Complete Monster|Harwen Raleigh]], leader of the Hard Line mercenaries. Instead, she can allow her comrade Silas, who was tortured for several months in Raleigh's dungeons, to finish him off.
** And in [[Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game)|Knights of the Old Republic]], the protagonist leaves Admiral Karath to Karth, since [[
* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', Mike has the option {{spoiler|to leave Surkov to Brayko if discover Surkov betrayed you, leave Brayko alive, and then take the final mission and chase Surkov all the way to the helipad}}. In this case it's an intentional case of sadism, as his death will become infinitely much more painful than if Mike just puts a bullet through his head.
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