"... That sounds like him, yeah. Except no one convinced him. I do know that mages are weird... not quite human, but something else. It's more than just 'person who does magic'... but I don't know details. He never gave me any, after all." He does sit a little more comfortably, though - either this guy is extremely good at bullshitting or he means what he says. Not mutually exclusive, but still...

"I've seen enough darkness in people to know what some people are capable of. Using knowledge as a trap, preventing you from knowing that you've gone too far... but if you're trying to atone you're not like that anymore. It doesn't make your past sins go away, but you can stop them from happening in the future."

A screaming child, and then -

"It's difficult to keep your grasp on humanity when it's being yanked from your hands, either by your doing or someone else's." A raven flutters onto Casper's shoulder, bonking his head against his partner's gently. The cold bottle is gone so it's fine to be here now. "... I was never really human, but for the most part I thought I was. I... try to keep my grasp on humanity. It's too easy to fall into the trap of 'well, individual people don't matter as long as things get done'. The gods fell into that trap a long time ago. ... Though I'm not convinced that ever wasn't my mother's attitude."