Of all the things to focus on, it's this one that brings her up short. "Hold on a moment, what do you mean sins are neither good nor evil? What are they called sins for if they're just random neutral things?"

It's probably something that some men in power decided ages ago. Sins are evil things, and therefore sinners are evil people. It has gotten diluted with time, with every mortal being accusing something of being a sin if it didn't agree with their limited view of their world.

Women reading used to be a sin, for example.