Peter tenses at the question that isn't really a question; there's no use trying to pretend otherwise. And truthfully, Paimon could come out whenever he wants to, could tear his way from Peter at any second. The fact he's hesitating.... clawing but not tearing through just yet, twitching and restless and on the brink of it.... could it be that he's waiting for permission from this being? Or maybe he's waiting for the opportune moment, maybe energy has to be met halfway β the demon's reasoning, functioning, is often lost on Peter.
He just sits there in his discomfort, fingers and limbs and blood pulsing, giving a soft, sudden little gasp. His pupils are strange again, swelling and contracting like two sucking black mouths. The energy to the air is uncomfortable, a chill that sweeps to the bone, and that odd static crackle.
"βYes. H-he wants to."
But still, Paimon doesn't come through, not fully, stays there on the precipice, and Peter gives a soft, pained whine in the back of his throat. The demon will wait for the man (the thing that is not simply a man) to guide him one way or another. If encouraged to reveal himself, he will. If Chrollo Lucilfer does not, the demon will slip back away. It waits, hungry for direction either way.
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He just sits there in his discomfort, fingers and limbs and blood pulsing, giving a soft, sudden little gasp. His pupils are strange again, swelling and contracting like two sucking black mouths. The energy to the air is uncomfortable, a chill that sweeps to the bone, and that odd static crackle.
"βYes. H-he wants to."
But still, Paimon doesn't come through, not fully, stays there on the precipice, and Peter gives a soft, pained whine in the back of his throat. The demon will wait for the man (the thing that is not simply a man) to guide him one way or another. If encouraged to reveal himself, he will. If Chrollo Lucilfer does not, the demon will slip back away. It waits, hungry for direction either way.