User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-3474228-20111225183255/@comment-3474228-20111226191539

I was thinking the same as Skarlath above when I read the book, it did seem like it was an action that just randomly happened without any distinguishable cause. I guess the argument can be made that Veil saw what kind of a creature he was raised to be, and that he could never be like his father. Also, due to the fact that Swartt hated him when he finally met him, the gears in Veil's head would have clicked. But it does seem like an action you would have to spend some time thinking about, not as impulsive as he did it.