You then become a lesser person because people get to decide whether you're in or not.
A lesser person might hate them for what they did to you.
A lesser person might have backed away and covered herself.
A lesser person would have thrown it out.
"Yes," she agreed, knowing a lesser person would hate her sister by now.
This is why we can not give up the Flute to any lesser person.
Probably another Adept; no lesser person could have done it.
A lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslaught.
Surely a feat of magic no lesser person could achieve.
It was, therefore, dangerous for lesser persons to express any thoughts they might have.