Cath sighed heavily. <"That's entirely the problem, Mae,"> he said, banging his head back against the door. <"Saints, if the lie were the truth."> He wanted it to be the truth. After the life of death and destruction he'd led, he'd love to just pretend he was who he told everyone he was.
But it wasn't the truth and the truth would come back to haunt them someday.
As for her being a monster. <"Mae, if either of us is going to be considered a monster, it'll be me,"> he assured her. <"I've killed far more people, and I taught you how to kill and do it well."> Yes, he was probably a monster, now that she'd mentioned it.