The "Cruel" part is not directed at others first; it is directed at the self. To adopt this persona, you must accept that you are in Bangkok to burn out. You are not there for the temples or the pad thai. You are there for the raw power of knowing that the city will forgive cruelty faster than it forgives weakness.
Her argument is threefold:
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