"There was not a shred of duplicity in Maestro Dante's heart, good Xellos. Perhaps it is the speaker who thus tints the speech," Cesare frowns. "I am also guilty of quoting the Maestro without preamble, and out of context. It's from the Fiore. A piece that was already considered old-fashioned and gothic when I was made to read it, as a boy. It's the tale of a quest. Brimming with allegory, of course. Why would you think it ambiguous?"