Christ. What a mess. Even the sensible will fall for that sort of thing out of desperation.

[Tyki pauses for a moment.] I think you're wrong there, for the most part. I think it takes a special sort of person to reach for that power, to thrill at being able to control others. I think it's something you have to want to do. Good and evil aren't alignments, but choices. And most of us don't willing choose to harm and manipulate others.