Compassion and consent in the heat of battle...these were not terms Leonidas would consider given his upbringing. Compassion got you killed and a kill in the Arena didn't require consent last he checked.

"You stuck to your guns and you did it only when you had the permission of the vi-" the proper term would be used, "The recipient." As crass as Leo could be, there was a degree of sobriety that comes with discussing the philosophies of death. "Even with the consequences that would carry."