The abuse Alice had suffered as a child drove her to protect Paulie by any means necessary; were Four’s actions any different? No, so who was she to judge? How could she hold someone accountable for actions she herself would commit? She couldn’t, but that didn’t make it taste any better. Four would answer for this, but Alice had neither the means nor the method available now; she had to swallow this pill, accept her role as a puppet to monsters.