john gaius is literally the most character ever. im just so fascinated by him going from a person who wants to save everyone, absolutley everyone and fuck all the triollionares who only want to save themselves, and how he becomes what we know him in HtN to be: callous and cruel and manipulative and the leader of a fascist murdering endlessly expanding death cult. he’s a god but he used to be a man – and as augustine said, whereithal did that transition happen?