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I don't even mind that he did steal them and hid them. It could lead to a funny incident.
The reason why Marcus becomes a self-deluded moron is because he could not just confess to it when caught out.
Just joke about it or admit it,
but noooo... Marcus has to protect his stupid teenaged boy 'darkhorse' persona by (amazingly) turning it around and boasting about how he protects people and he was in the right and he is now chastising them etc.
What a moron.