He wasn't a man known for taking things lying down. He wasn't smart enough to let someone in power trample him while he endured it in silence.
Sure, maybe it was pathetic to ignore the smart option just so he could bare his teeth and fire back — and still lose anyway.
But that was who he was, and Damon Grey didn't want to forget it.
Weak, but egotistical. Very much so as some would claim.
Why wait until you had power to be arrogant, when you could be the most arrogant ant the world had ever seen?
Why treat people stronger than you like gods, when you could act like they were just the supporting cast in your story?
Wasn't that short moment of ego, before it all came crashing down, the most glorious feeling?
Maybe you didn't win. Maybe you didn't even survive. But you endured. You became a tiny scar burned into their memory. They would remember the day an ant spat on them.
Wasn't that worth more than bowing your head and conforming?
