"Cliched villain speeches" like that are less amusing when they actually have the means to pull such things off.

[Long story short, he's seen enough shit to know that when something's threatened to happen, it'll happen.]

I doubt he genuinely expects us to trust him immediately, especially since he admitted to being behind most of the troubles we've been through since we've came here. Frankly, I just want to understand how he became so twisted.

[He's had this conversation with Mai already, but it derailed pretty quickly.]

...Yusei.