Why did that line of thinking sound so familiar?
…hm. ABB… Bakuda. This was a large part of her reason for her attack on the Undersiders, wasn’t it?
It dawned on me: Bakuda. She’d said something similar when she’d been doing her monologue and pretending to be the new leader of the ABB.
Bingo.
Well, that was disquieting.
Still, my reasons were different.
Different alignments, different deeper goals, but on a more shallow level you are absolutely doing similar things for the same reason: Attacking someone to maintain control of a territory by intimidating your other enemies.
I wanted to protect my people. Bakuda hadn’t been motivated by an interest in anyone but herself.
But yes, this contrast is an excellent showcase of chaotic good versus chaotic evil.