But it's not his fault. The love that he had in his heart, had dried up. 'The future is more important.' Sometimes, one struggles to face his needs. Sometimes, one has to abandon certain aspects of oneself to go ahead in life. 'It's for the people.' And Amir, knows all too well how important his sacrifices are.
In this world, they think little of the poor and weak people, the ones in power will never care until the weak start becoming a threat, and then they will come with suppression, instead of understanding why the weak dare to rise up, what pushed the poor to hate their overlords and try to fix it.
So Amir in his own way tries to make the life of the poor easier. With his electric engine being the first step towards it.
As for weapons? He had left it entirely to Wilhelm Faust, his friend and a sort of teacher. He himself focused on adapting the military technologies that had been in use for decades into common household products.