[ It's not the first time Peter's hearing from someone that "demons" don't automatically mean "evil" the way they typically do where he comes from. He's... trying to understand. It's hard, when he still sees his particular demon as something bad, but. A lot of people seem to like Paimon. ]
What kinds of things does he make you do? If you can talk about it, I mean I don't want to get you in trouble or anything with him
[ Peter's mental image is Paimon relentlessly ordering Fern around to do all kinds of dark deeds....
That next bit, though. It completely stuns the older teen, and he's just quiet for a long few moments. Paimon keeps saying Peter was given to him, and something fucking weird definitely happened to him back home. Some cult business, and Peter's been wondering why for so long. ]
I never thought about it like that, but that would be a lot more... freeing. [ He.... actually kind of wishes he could see it that way. It's no less awful, that random things just randomly happen to people, that maybe it's a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but... it's a bit better than thinking everything is some predestined fate, isn't it? ]
I guess I've been thinking about it like I did something really bad Back home And maybe this happened to me because I deserve it, you know?
[ He's well aware this is a lot to say to Fern. It's... pretty personal. But Peter can talk about his guilt now, in ways. He can't let himself forget what he's done. ]
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What kinds of things does he make you do?
If you can talk about it, I mean
I don't want to get you in trouble or anything with him
[ Peter's mental image is Paimon relentlessly ordering Fern around to do all kinds of dark deeds....
That next bit, though. It completely stuns the older teen, and he's just quiet for a long few moments. Paimon keeps saying Peter was given to him, and something fucking weird definitely happened to him back home. Some cult business, and Peter's been wondering why for so long. ]
I never thought about it like that, but that would be a lot more... freeing. [ He.... actually kind of wishes he could see it that way. It's no less awful, that random things just randomly happen to people, that maybe it's a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but... it's a bit better than thinking everything is some predestined fate, isn't it? ]
I guess I've been thinking about it like
I did something really bad
Back home
And maybe this happened to me because I deserve it, you know?
[ He's well aware this is a lot to say to Fern. It's... pretty personal. But Peter can talk about his guilt now, in ways. He can't let himself forget what he's done. ]