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- Sep 9, 2017
Liliana really is just telling on herself. "Evil is the easiest path, the one with the least resistance to the thing you want"... for you, Liliana. That's you.
Most people would hesitate to sacrifice others even if it's on their own benefit, even if they're lazy and hate putting effort into anything, because doing evil, generally speaking, does not feel good. Some people have moral qualms about doing evil things because they don't want to hurt other people. Because hurting people feels bad, almost as being hurt yourself. Some people have empathy, compassion, are not innately violent at their core looking for the next target worthy of their rage.
Liliana is really only talking about how she doesn't feel bad for any harm she does to anyone, as long it gets her what she wants, and assuming everyone is the same. They're not.
The most interesting villains characters are precisely those that do the evil actions and are tormented by them. It shows that there is enough of a moral compass on them to realize what they are doing, but they can't stop themselves, either because of external or internal motivators. That's what is called a compelling narrative.
Peet talks because they want to justify that the world is as cruel as the very environment that created them. So everyone should suffer as much as they did and call it doing good.
It's less they understand evil, but more so they Revere in the cruelty of their actions and know they are wrong, but as long it's against the right people. It is justifiable. The problem is compassion and empathy is not a trade coin for most people. They don't expect something in return. Which again further shows that they get evil, it is good that they do not understand at all.
Sora might be a pure boy, but if he ever met Peet, he would absolutely hate their guts since his morality as thin and plain as it is remains one of the biggest examples of what it means to be a good person. The sole fucking reason why they don't lash out at Sora is because they use him to reflect on the failed relationship with Courtney since it's the closest thing they have from those days.
They can't understand why heroes will not let bad people die. They will never understand some people rather let justice work than to act out of selfish revenge. And most of all, they will never get why good men are always remembered and people like Peet are forgotten.
So they will harm and destroy anybody to make sure they leave a mark for the pain they endured.