Woah, no one said anything about inherent evil. There's a lot of space between a species being inherently evil and not possessing the capacity at all.

[He glances at the man, but only for a second; it just feels weird talking exclusively to Cynthia when he's like, right there.]

How far can nature really carry them? I understand it for the more animalistic ones, but ones like the deities - that seems like saying an evil human is only acting on their nature. Might be true, but they're still considered accountable.