"Now try the green one," Karla demanded. He needed to taste the candy! "Maybe it's because being good means you're always weighed down by thoughts and concerns and regrets and stuff. Going evil, though? You stop worrying about all of that and just...stand tall?"

That didn't explain Hobart, though, who always was a kind of twitchy, ferrety little man.

"And being short makes it impossible to loom effectively, I'm sure."