Basic
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They will work together and even risk their lives to save each other out of a strange mix of pride, necessity and basic moral decency, but Milla actively wants to kill Tal for a good part of the series, and even Tal wants to be rid of Milla as fast as he possibly can.
Source: Literature / The Seventh Tower -
Food is a basic necessity of life, and therefore can be considered extremely valuable even secondhand.
Source: Solid Gold Poop - In The 100, even the strictly controlled dystopia of the Ark is reluctant to execute children, despite Population Control being a basic necessity.
Source: Everyone Has Standards
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