When do we cross the line where the actions of good men become indistinguishable from those of the evil they set out to destroy?
 
While working on the next couple pages of LIE I reflected on Pierson’s character. Where he’s come from and where he’s going. The poor guy has been through A LOT. Certainly the most on screen trauma out of the other three main characters.
 
He was present for the surprise declaration of war by the Judeccans, the initial terrorist attack that began the entire conflict (including the deaths of his closest friends; Shining Armor and various other colleagues), the realization that he had been entertaining a murderous traitor inside his own home for months without suspecting him for a moment, and now finally he’s faced with the terrifying possibility that his beloved wife and child have been taken from him as well. We certainly can’t blame the man for “hating” the Judeccans.
 
But is that hatred a strength or a weakness? Will the desire for vengeance and violent justice bring back the peace that Pierson mourns? Or will it only bring him more pain?