Well, Falcon certainly feels like it's not a matter of who is morally superior here- in his mind, the Phantom Thieves are just as bad as himself, if not worse. Removing a person's agency, no matter how horrible they are...

... isn't it the same as murder, in a way? He knows the thieves certainly don't think so. Phoenix' words ring a bit hollow- if it were a matter of practicality, why even bother with anything they do? Wouldn't it be simpler to simply lure out the Palace owner's Shadow and get rid of it?

"I'm not sure I want their help." Falcon admits with a frown. "It's..."

A lot of things. He killed the mother of at least one of their members, was going to kill the father of one of their soon-to-be members, and he wouldn't have regretted a thing. He still won't, if it comes down to it- Okumura senior is a piece of shit who deserves death as much as Shido. Many of the people he'd killed were people who deserved it, and outside of Wakaba, he barely regrets a thing, at this point.

... Not all of them, of course. But enough of them.

Then there is, again, the brainwashing. He can't help it, but every time he thinks about it-

He can't. He can't. His grip on himself tightens.

"Phoenix." His voice is low and cold and... anxious. "What does a change of heart entail, exactly?"

What do they do to brainwash people?