Elua. Alcuin and Imriel both talked about him. He's the one who taught the D'Angelines to 'love as thou wilt', she thinks. Then there was Naamah who was the one who took money for sex to feed the companions. She frowns, biting at her lip, while she tries to work out where Kushiel fits and what 'he loved his subjects too well' means.

She gets that it has to do with Imri, that he has the blood of the punisher in him. She gets maybe that means he's got a streak like she's got dark skin because her parents do, but... Kate shakes her head. "So you've got Elua's, what, compassion, and Kushiel's, um, punishment? Sounds complicated, like you said, but I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me."