"If the world is corrupt, it's easier to navigate. We remove guilt and anxieties that might be there if we exploit an inherently good s-s-system." Jonathan reasoned. He found it much more simple. He didn't like people and he didn't really think about people much. Ergo, they were less real to him. They were already screwed, living the way that they did, what did it matter if one more person screwed them over. And if they weren't already screwed, then they deserved to be eventually.

"You have an easy smile. Charisma. Ch-Charm. You don't seem cynical because people can't think beyond first impressions." That's why people preserved him as weak and pathetic because of his stutter. Of course they saw Edward was chipper and never cynical.

"You'd be boring if you were like you seemed. Another p-pretty boy."