[After a slow blink, he regarded her with a strange stare. It was halfway between respect and fear. How can someone so much younger than him seem to speak with so much wisdom? If he was in better shape, mentally, he might have been able to keep up.]
I don't believe that. It takes more than that. A drive, or a desire to stomp on those who are weaker; who they think are wrong or different. [There was a certain edge to his tone. It was obvious he had a very specific 'they' in mind.]