“Becoming an adventurer is an opportunity,” he told them, “but it’s also a danger.” “You think we don’t know danger?” Sophie asked. “Of course you do,” Jason said. “You know the worst kind, the malevolence you can only find in people. Monsters are different. They don’t hate you. They just want to kill you. An intelligent enemy can obsess over you. Pursue you relentlessly. But you can manipulate a malevolent enemy. You can reason with them, play on their fears and desires. That doesn’t work on a monster.
