Maybe whatever sense of righteousness driving them had faded as soon as they watched Captain Chromium emerge from the ruins of the cathedral with Ace Anarchy’s helmet on his pike. Maybe they pitied the Anarchists who had lost everything so suddenly—the battle, their leader, their home.
HOLD UP.
If it was just the helmet... What if Ace is really alive, and that's why they're so lenient on the Anarchists in the subway??