"I never said it was justified. Hell, the whole thing's wrong, there's no doubt about that." That explains Kaidan's stance at least. "Look, the way I see it, ending up here? We're already dead. At best, we're being held hostage. These people obviously could've killed us all-- the platforms, the games; it's all some weird, sick game. But not playing along is only going to get you killed sooner, that's just how it is. A hostage doesn't have much leverage over his kidnappers." He'd be deluding himself otherwise.