Despite the man's assertion, Riff disagreed; people like this man were the biggest pretenders. Otherwise, people like these ones would realize just how little right they had to talk like this or pretend they were more justified than anyone else.
Riff shrugged, loosely. "At the time, for what I faced the consequences seemed like a small price to pay. I can't justify or explain why it was so important to do what I had to do - it'd be a waste of both our times to argue who had the better reasons or who's situation was worse, don't you agree? - but they were. Just as your visits to Upper-Plate and lives you're taking were worth the price of your wish."