1. That it's not that from their perspective is, ultimately, meaningless. Their perspective is wrong. All those sentient beings are perfectly capable of living, dreaming, loving, laughing, and in general being every bit as good a person as anyone else.

2. Who said that I can't understand his reasoning? You can understand why someone does something, that doesn't make it justified.

3. Given your examples of villains being morally equivalent so far does not track and that a lack of understanding is the root of conflict relative to "don't cling to the past, live and pass on for the future, yada yada" I'm pretty comfortable with my stance. Feel free to pull quest text.

4. There is a huge, huge difference between the Crystal Exarch and the Ascians. That you think they're equivalent is... really on par with the rest of things, but still mind boggling.