He's not- [...Oh god, this is going to take some effort to say, isn't it.] ...He's not evil. He's done evil things, but ultimately it's just because he truly believes that what he's doing is the right thing. Humans are trapped in the will of the Score in Auldrant. It's bound to our existence. There's nothing he values greater than free will.
[A deep breath. This is hard- a huge part of him just wants to race out, find Van, and fight him to the death for some ridiculous sense of self-satisfaction. (And it would certainly be to the death- most likely his.) But he knows it would be foolhardy, precisely why he didn't want the entire village knowing about Van's past. Leave him be, and he could ally himself with them. Treat him as an enemy, and that's exactly what he'll become.]
In Luceti, we're not the ones taking away free will. The Malnosso, the Third Party, the experiments - our enemies are going to become his. He'll work towards gaining freedom as much as the rest of us.
[ voice, 100% filtered, october 3rd ]
[A deep breath. This is hard- a huge part of him just wants to race out, find Van, and fight him to the death for some ridiculous sense of self-satisfaction. (And it would certainly be to the death- most likely his.) But he knows it would be foolhardy, precisely why he didn't want the entire village knowing about Van's past. Leave him be, and he could ally himself with them. Treat him as an enemy, and that's exactly what he'll become.]
In Luceti, we're not the ones taking away free will. The Malnosso, the Third Party, the experiments - our enemies are going to become his. He'll work towards gaining freedom as much as the rest of us.