Why is Riggleman "cruel" when he does this, but when Acta did it he was "stupid?" Just curious.
I dunno. I consider "cruel" to be worse than "stupid". "stupid" means you don't know any better or are misguided. "cruel" means you know better, and do it anyway.
acta was misguided as to how good Algo is or isn't. Riggleman knows he sucks ass, but starts him anyway.