I was foolish enough to ask why Blades were all considered guilty before committing a single sin. “It isn’t their choice to be what they are,” I protested at the time. “No one asks to be a Blade.” “They have the devil in them,” Mr. Hurst insisted. “Which means they invite him in. Their kind feasts on cruelty, and it’s the devil who feeds it to them. It’s an abomination. Not to mention that every power they possess is stolen from an innocent Tethered. They’re overflowing with sin, all of them.”
