An eyebrow is raised as Hector begins... explaining. He was either deliberately speaking in riddles or just not that great at verbalizing his thoughts. Thankfully, it starts to make more sense as the explanation develops.
"It'd impossible for all people to be free, then. Interests clash. Wherever you look, you have people whose goals and ideologies simply cannot be reconciled. There's no room for compromise, no 'middle ground'" To some extent, this is surely the work of Exarchs and their Lie. Keep the human flock divided over resource allocation and afterlife, so that they never stop to think of the real oppressors "And what do you mean by 'unimportant stuff', anyway? Again, I'm sorry if I'm stereotypical, but inner emigration into rejecting the world around you is not how I always understood freedom" Soul-searching is all well and good, but contrary to what many mages believe, the Truth is out there, not in there "After all, it's what They want" Autocrats big and small. Kings, presidents, CEOs, cult leaders. Maintaining humanity's prison by pushing the principles of clannish submission.
"Don't be so humble. And besides, if I wanted 'deep thinkers', I'd go pester someone at the Uni or something. Sometimes what we need is a common sense perspective, and academic learning is just white noise"