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By simple contrast with Grimmer. He choses to be a monster. His sole response to life is being misanthropic.
Grimmer arguably had it even worse and had a far more damaged psyche than Johan, but despite having ample reason to lash out at the world, he pursues remedies for his inability to feel empathy, instead of giving up being human to begin with.
Meanwhile, Johan has to literally appropriate trauma to larp and justify why he is like this.