[But Maxwell shakes his head, unable to leave it at that.]
You don't know me, Poe. You don't know the world I come from. This-- fighting demons, resisting their temptations... I should have known. I was able to tell Imshael no-- [But then, it had been before Dorian had announced his plans to leave. Imshael had tried to tempt him with power, wealth, and lust, but not his family. Not with love.] I should have been stronger than that. Better.
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You don't know me, Poe. You don't know the world I come from. This-- fighting demons, resisting their temptations... I should have known. I was able to tell Imshael no-- [But then, it had been before Dorian had announced his plans to leave. Imshael had tried to tempt him with power, wealth, and lust, but not his family. Not with love.] I should have been stronger than that. Better.
[Quietly.] I used to be.