CodeBlack wrote:
I would've guessed it was because regardless of whether they're good or evil, the Shankrafts are honest about who they are and not at all duplicitous or conflicted people
I can see Torg's point. When you're in a group - particularly a group with little interaction with a larger whole, you tend to adapt the group's definition of what is "right" and assume that "right" is "good", even if it clearly isn't. Herd mentality. You kind of get sucked into thinking that group think is they way you should think. It's not just for cults - it works for small social groups, social media groups, tribes, families, etc.
Remove the individual from their old norm and place them into a new norm, and most people will adapt to the new norm.
In the case of Shankraft & Daiyu, they are not inherently evil, but they were content to work for an evil corporation and did not think about - or care about - the consequences of that work. Now that they live in normal society, they can function like "normal" people. If they are inherently evil, then they will seek out another hC when they return to normal Earth. Even if they don't acknowledge that they are now free or emancipated, my guess is that given the choice upon their return, they will remain in "normal" society - or maybe even continue to help the gang while they fight evil. If they would seek out another hC upon their return, I would think that their animas would be red to Zoƫ.