[Maru]

I know this sounds weird, but I don't know that a lot of his opinions are actually his own in the way that he portrays it. When he was dealing with Ali more directly, you could see his facade being sucked out into outer space like a hole had opened up... and suddenly he became more like a blank slate (in some sense). I don't think that was an act. However, he is trying to win a game, and credit where credit is due, he is actually playing it fairly consistently.

Some of them act like they have Stockholm Syndrome in there... like did you not know you would be surrounded by schemes and subject to the manipulations of others?... wuh?