Blackbeak Bluff you got yourself in a dangerous zone

Had Whip known his question would stir so much anger within Akantha, he would have let it rest. He could have filed it away into the deepest reaches of his mind, were the question would one day die at the hand of eventual disinterest. This, however, seemed like the perfect time to ask such a thing. Akantha was practically begging Whip to say something heretical. The boy, caught in his blunder, did not know any better.

From her tale, Whip surmised that the Drowned God was a thing of darkness and evil. And yet, he was the shepherd of all consorts -- their cosmic representative. Whip wondered if that made him evil too, simply because he belonged to the same gender. He then thought of his brother, Ferret, and how much of a monster he was. Maybe he was evil. He had thought terrible things after his father died. He had wanted to do terrible things to Kaizer, who threatened to take the mantle from the deceased, It made sense.

They were all evil, Whip thought. Even himself.

He nodded. "Y-yes," he murmured. He had more questions about the Drowned God, and Akantha's explanation had only spurred Whip's curiosity more, but he knew now was not the time -- and Akantha was not the wolf to ask.