Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
Bozzok was wrong, because he told Crystal that she was incapable of thinking for herself. This was then proven objectively untrue; she made several decisions in succession that were her own, possibly for the first time in her adult life.

That she chose poorly with some of them is not really relevant. Children grow into young adults and often make stupid decisions that can ruin their lives; does that mean that they should have stayed wholly dependent on their parents for the rest of their lives? Of course not. The freedom to make your own mistakes—even deadly ones—is one of the fundamental passages into adulthood.

Bozzok is only right* if you subscribe to the notion that living as a slave is always preferable to dying free, regardless of circumstances. It would be wrong to think that is a universally held belief.

* In spirit; Bozzok never actually made the argument that Crystal was better off with him because he never took Crystal's welfare into account in the first place.
This makes perfect sense to me.

It also says something about "good" and "evil" - Bozzak was evil because he used Crystal as a tool, not caring about her pain or suffering. Haley - even in her anger - acted in such a way as to give Crystal a chance at redemption. She even outlined in broad strokes the steps Crystal would need to take to move on from this chapter in her life - go on a quest away from population centers, seeking a cure for her eternal pain.

That Crystal chose continued murder and mayhem was her choice. Haley was good in allowing Crystal to make the choice, again good in preventing her from carryign it out.