dude killing the dog was a douche move. And why are the bad guys bad guys just for the sake of being bad guys- there seemed to be a bit of moral ambiguity at the start with them creating cures for illnesses for free, but they do so by barbaric means. but they we're still helping people. This ambiguity completely disappeared in later chapters with the bad guys just being oh so crazy people who squeeze ants, starve dogs, and torture people for literally no reason.