If there's any way I can help you with it, I will. I'd like to help you.
( Not so long ago, he couldn't have done it. Gotten involved, or... willingly let himself get closer to a young person at all, because it would hurt too much.
Now...? He couldn't do otherwise. He has to help Ahiru if he can. )
( Even if his face can't be seen over audio, there's a soft smile there at the edges of Peter's mouth. )
And... please don't worry about the demon thing. You couldn't have known. Especially because I'd been, um... trying to keep it hidden for a really long time.
I guess I understand how being a duck would make it hard to... get to know people.
( Peter's never had to put himself into the perspective of a duck before, but now that he is... okay, yeah, that might make communication a little difficult. )
But I totally wouldn't mind hanging out with you as a duck now.
( Maybe getting to know people as a girl makes it easier, but once people know about it, Ahiru can still be herself and have friends. At least Peter wouldn't mind at all. He can hang with a duck! )
I'm at the water kind of a lot, anyway. My uh...... the demon. Likes to go there...
( It's weird to talk about, but... Paimon loves the water. The demon king has a connection with it, and is always wanting to swim around. He can even breathe underwater... )
( Paimon's definitely not exactly what Peter always pictured when he thought of "demons". Granted, he's still... really scary. But he's also supposed to be helpful?? )
Yeah, I uh... I've been trying to learn more about him. Apparently there's more types of demons out there than I ever knew. He's like.... a really ancient kind? And he's sort of like a genie. He grants wishes and stuff.
That's very smart, Mr. Graham! The more you know, the better you can take care of yourself.
[ she briefly wonders what paimon is like, personality-wise. she's never met the Great Raven, but he's not written as anything other than a malevolent force. it wasn't like rue. poor rue. ]
( It's nice, though. To be able to laugh a little about it. Peter hasn't ever really... done that, before. And what Ahiru says next continues to tickle him, as he smiles again. )
No, you're totally right. And you might be onto something here... He did bring home a pet fish, awhile back.
Apparently he's supposed to be able to do all kinds of other things too, though. But he uh... got kind of messed up, so he's having to remember how.
( This is honestly the most he's talked about Paimon to someone, at least all at once. Peter pauses again, trying to work out how to word it to someone as young as Ahiru. )
Well... there were these people, back in my world. Like an evil club of people. ( ...This is how he's going to explain a cult... )
They wanted to use him for his powers, so they could get treasures and stuff from him. But they didn't... handle him right.
They really should've done their research better. He would've liked that a lot, I think. ( The people who were handling the demon didn't seem to really know exactly what they were doing with him, that's for sure. )
Yeah, it... comes at a cost. It's a little scary to think about.
( Giving some ancient entity an offering in order to receive a reward... it just doesn't sound like a good idea at all. )
But he... likes giving people treasure? Like he's been handing out gold coins all over the place. I think he wants to help, he's just... confused.
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( Not so long ago, he couldn't have done it. Gotten involved, or... willingly let himself get closer to a young person at all, because it would hurt too much.
Now...? He couldn't do otherwise. He has to help Ahiru if he can. )
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[ that's the way forward instead of getting mopey. she was losing sight of that. ]
So if you need anything, I'm here for you, Mr. Graham!
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( Even if his face can't be seen over audio, there's a soft smile there at the edges of Peter's mouth. )
And... please don't worry about the demon thing. You couldn't have known. Especially because I'd been, um... trying to keep it hidden for a really long time.
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I guess it's like me and being a duck, huh . . .
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Sometimes it feels necessary to hide something about yourself, right? It's hard to know who you can trust to know about the truth.
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I just wanted people to see me as girl. So they could be friends with me.
You can't be friends with a duck.
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I think I'd want to be your friend no matter what you were. I'm sure other people would, too.
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I don't know . . . We only became friends because we could talk and share like this.
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I guess I understand how being a duck would make it hard to... get to know people.
( Peter's never had to put himself into the perspective of a duck before, but now that he is... okay, yeah, that might make communication a little difficult. )
But I totally wouldn't mind hanging out with you as a duck now.
( Maybe getting to know people as a girl makes it easier, but once people know about it, Ahiru can still be herself and have friends. At least Peter wouldn't mind at all. He can hang with a duck! )
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[ scorpia said the same thing, but ahiru just doesn't get how. ]
I mean, what would we even do?
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I'm at the water kind of a lot, anyway. My uh...... the demon. Likes to go there...
( It's weird to talk about, but... Paimon loves the water. The demon king has a connection with it, and is always wanting to swim around. He can even breathe underwater... )
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[ this is a very odd demon. ]
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( Among all of Paimon's powerful abilities, this one is... weird. Goetic demons are wild, y'all. )
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That's . . . interesting? For a demon.
All I know is the Great Raven. Whom I guess controls crows?
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Yeah, I uh... I've been trying to learn more about him. Apparently there's more types of demons out there than I ever knew. He's like.... a really ancient kind? And he's sort of like a genie. He grants wishes and stuff.
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[ she briefly wonders what paimon is like, personality-wise. she's never met the Great Raven, but he's not written as anything other than a malevolent force. it wasn't like rue. poor rue. ]
Wait, so he's like a swimming genie?
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( He admits. Learning more about this thing has become a necessity; he can't ignore it the way he used to. But... it's definitely weird, frightening.
And yet, Ahiru manages to say something about it that makes him laugh, softly. )
You know what...? He doesn't sound quite so scary, thinking about him like that. A swimming genie.
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I just think it's strange he's into water and fish but also grants wishes. Maybe he was meant to grant wishes to fish?
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No, you're totally right. And you might be onto something here... He did bring home a pet fish, awhile back.
Apparently he's supposed to be able to do all kinds of other things too, though. But he uh... got kind of messed up, so he's having to remember how.
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Well... there were these people, back in my world. Like an evil club of people. ( ...This is how he's going to explain a cult... )
They wanted to use him for his powers, so they could get treasures and stuff from him. But they didn't... handle him right.
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[ this evil club reminds her a bit of the shadowy figures who went after fakir. though she never understood what their deal was. ]
Also getting treasures from demons sounds bad.
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Yeah, it... comes at a cost. It's a little scary to think about.
( Giving some ancient entity an offering in order to receive a reward... it just doesn't sound like a good idea at all. )
But he... likes giving people treasure? Like he's been handing out gold coins all over the place. I think he wants to help, he's just... confused.
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