Yeah KT is a godawful person IRL, so odds are extremely high that she was completely unaware how emotionally abusive Kal is. I'm not kidding when I say he's her wank fodder; she was unironically writing him as an ideal man and the very epitome of loving fatherhood. Which. 😬 Long story short, she wasn't planning on turning the tables to reveal how awful he is, because she didn't see how awful he is. I kind of see the Repcomm books the way I see Firefly: I love them, but dear god I'm glad they got cancelled when they did. She's a really great example of how sometimes authors don't know shit about the stories they're telling.

But if it's better for you to examine Kal's story on an in-story level, then that's legit. I don't have a lot to say about it, mostly because I don't have many fic ideas in Repcomm, so I don't need to examine Kal on an in-story basis. If I had more fic ideas then I could probably talk more about it :P