Talk:Seidou Takizawa/@comment-98.145.163.169-20161020031103/@comment-10733658-20161020100331

^ In all fairness, there's still a lot we don't know concerning his situation. There's about a 2 year blank slate right now, so we don't know what sort of things were done to him, what they did to establish he could be trusted to work for them, or how long he was kept in confinement.

In terms of him escaping, there's a phenomena called "Learned Helplessness". Basically, people kept in bad situations can eventually become psychologically trapped, having come to accept this as their reality. They experience an inability to recognize that they can escape, and will stay in that situation even when presented with a chance to leave. It happens a lot in cases of Abuse or long-term confinement.

He also seems to have been brainwashed to a degree, since he so heavily imitates Eto. His mind has probably been through the wringer, both in terms of torture/abuse and psychological manipulation. As such, applying reason or logic to his actions or choices doesn't work since he clearly isn't thinking clearly.