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At this point, he deserved it, right?
This had happened so many times, that it wasn't even funny anymore.
That was fine.
He's used to it.
He's been used to it.
Losing all sense of agency had been par for the course for the King of Dreamland after all. It's not like anybody was surprised when it happened anymore.
Moreso disappointed.
Heck! To some, they even still believed he deserved it after everything he had done in the past.
And to their favorite little puffball to boot.
And it's not like he's made any real effort to try and stop it from happening again, right? He was too stupid to do that. Too stubborn and self-assured to think it'd happen for the seventh time in a row!
It was only fair.
That was just karma doing it's thing.
Why should he feel sad about it? Why should he even act shocked?
It was fine. It'd always be fine. The little puffball would triumph over evil, knock him on the noggin a good few times and save the day like always.
He deserved it, right?
Even if he didn't like fighting the little guy anymore, he deserved to get beat up for being a lazy idiot.
It was his own fault. He was basically asking for it by doing nothing about it.
He didn't deserve to feel bad. He didn't deserve to feel like a victim in this. A real victim doesn't fall prey to the same stupid schtick so many times!
Fool him once, shame on them.
Fool him twice, shame on him.
Fool him seven times, blame him.
Blame him.
He’s used to it.
More or less.