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Spoiler for Ep2 and Assets:

In thinking about how Mikuni and Kimimaro are similar: Q mentions that he cares Masyu in the same way that Mikuni cared for her when they first met. Mikuni probably sees himself in Kimimaro, but feels that he now "knows better" etc. and was just naive back then. IMHO no matter how empathetic one is, the more money you make the more likely it is to taint you in the end.

One imagines that the inevitable Deal battle between Mikuni and Kimimaro will be him trying to teach Kimimaro a "lesson" about his naivete and money ... and hopefully eventually we see that Kimimaro is able to rise above the corruption unlike Mikuni. Although Mikuni obviously still cares about Q.

As for the humanoid Asset: I would say that having great empathy towards others is what ends up personifying your Asset in a human manner in the first place. If you are ultimately greedy, only seek to use others, etc. then that will be reflected in your Asset being a "monster".

While I don't totally agree with how Bill Gates made all his money, in the end he set up his Gates Foundation with something like 60 billion dollars. That kind of money generates a vast amount of interest even when conversatively invested -- allowing them to do a lot of good things. (They're working on a lot of stuff in the 3rd world like AIDS drugs, cheap technology-based solutions, etc)