She stopped abruptly.
"Before what?"
"Before you're forced to make choices that require nuanced understanding rather than simple morality." She looked away. "The world is getting more complicated, Damien. The demon conspiracy, the political maneuvering, whatever's actually happening behind the scenes. You're going to face situations where 'demons bad, humans good' isn't adequate guidance."
"You know something you're not telling me."
"I suspect things I can't prove. There's that distinction." She stood. "But yes, I think the situation is more complex than either of us understands. And I think preparing you to handle that complexity is more useful than letting you maintain comfortable simplicity."
She left him alone on the wall with his thoughts and her book.
Damien flipped through it, reading accounts of demon society, culture, moral philosophy. It painted a picture completely at odds with everything he'd been taught.
