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Other people have called him a knight. His self-image is more in question. Mostly, he sees Lawrence as a bad man - because he thinks Lawrence is using the debt to force Horo to stay with him. OK, he's wrong. But that's naivety, not malice.
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Good point, he doesn't necessarily see himself as that (though I suspect he does).
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Or maybe he did it as retaliation because Lawrence was a "douche". He's supposed to be a knight, not a saint. There's also the fact that he sees Lawrence as a "bad man". Last point to consider: maybe Amati should be taken at face value, and really did it as a courtesy. We're seeing it as an attack because Lawrence does, and the scene is from his point of view, but what's the truth of it?
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I guess I'm just disappointed that he's not a saint. I had a good initial impression of him, and it saddens me to see him get down in the dirt of trying to show people up.
However, I doubt the courtesy angle. He is supposed to be a savvy merchant, and he's throwing away ~30 silver on courtesy. This is apparently enough to buy 30 breakfasts. In today's terms, that's maybe $300. If you only had 800 silver ($8000) total, would you blow $300 as a courtesy to someone?
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Honestly, I feel bad for Amati. He's sincere in his love for Horo, or rather, the lie crafted by her. He does all in his power to help her out of a situation she deceived him to believe she was in. And what does he get out of it?
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This is why (all talk of blasphemy aside) I do partly blame Horo for this situation. She shouldn't have led him on with a story like that, which is essentially made of lies. If Lawrence had just pocketed the 1000 silver as originally planned and walked off, I would have had a sick feeling in my stomach.
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I checked the novel translation.
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They really should have included this in the anime somewhere. Seems like an important thing to leave out.