Ventus by Karl Schroeder

Karl Schroeder / Ventus / Page 184
godhood. She found some way of coming to terms with them
by becoming human again. I don’t know the details, she won’t
talk about it. She’s also the most fanatically moral person I
ever met," he added. "She thought it was the right thing to do.
"The thing is," he added gently, "you impressed her
tonight by saving August. She wouldn’t have left him to die
either, no matter what she might say. She just doesn’t
understand that at heart she’s no different from any of us.
"And that, my friend, is a scar I don’t know how to heal."