User blog comment:Diyartifact/Shepard's adversaries/@comment-4986377-20120404052031/@comment-2079715-20120405132800

Indeed, Kai Leng truly resembles Howe to a certain degree. But not completely. Howe was ever jealous of Couslands and spent most of his time plotting to take over Highever. Kai Leng was jealous of Shepard, of who he is. Like Diyartifact said, Kai Leng wanted to be Shepard. If you remember during their last fight, Leng talks how Shep is weak, but Shep nails him down taunting him about him running away. Calling him pussy for hitting and running, never facing enemy, but stabbing in the back. After that Leng furiously yells : SHUT UP!!! that clearly says that Leng is just a stupid kid who thinks hes the man!