Roland doesn't think it should stay that way either, but he doesn't think there's a way for it to change, either.

( for all their issues right now, angela is as quick to defend him as he is her. )

He might be right. Blood begets blood, and that's the only price the City knows how to charge... but if you keep charging ahead selfishly, taking the lives of people around you while solely focusing on your own goals, the karma will come back to strangle you one day.