[ she waves off his polite response, flippant: ] Oh, there's no need for apologies. Set will be the first one to tell you he's an evil god.

[ it's a title that she's seen many scold him over, whether it's in rebuke of his existence or from well-meaning souls who think Set is demeaning himself. but Ruby understands it. she's an evil witch, after all; what would be the point in trying to pretend otherwise? walking in the light only ever gets her cast back into the darkness, so why not just stay there? ]

But that's precisely why he'll protect me without question while the "good" people are busy judging whether or not I deserve to live, you know?