Compassion cannot understand what it is to be trapped in the body of a mortal, to have to deal with their whims and wishes and distractions when there is a cause to be served. Adelaide cannot understand that fond and warm are wastes and will pass.

"You would focus on one rather than the greater. It is a common failing. I will not push him past a point he cannot recover from. That would be unjust and unwise. It would be use." And spirits do not use. "And I find your worry about thoughts that are directed toward him flawed. Opinions of him matter little; it is what is accomplished that should be the concern of you and him both."