It says so much about Grian’s character that he is willing to bend every single rule and to go on deadly quests for his allies, but never once has it occurred to him that he is a dark green name and letting Skizz or Mumbo get a kill on him would save them far easier than any tnt minecart traps or cobwebs or diamond armour ever could.
On the one hand it speaks to that rat bastard every-man-for-himself side we all know he has. In the same way that he can never bring himself not to try to win for a second time, the thought of willingly giving up a life is so foreign to him that it doesn’t even occur to him as an option. Of course he isn’t going to just let someone kill him, Grian is a survivor.
But on the other hand? On the other hand it speaks of hope. It speaks of the idea that if he fights hard enough, if he is clever enough, if he can just stick it out and use his lives to solve this puzzle then there is a way for him to save his loved ones. There is a way for all of them to live.
You absolutely Do Not need to apologise this is great stuff