( Peter stiffens a little at that, some quiet tension that moves through him, makes everything feel too tight for a moment. He's sitting up a bit now, more propped up on his elbows than lying flat on his back on the sofa.
What she's laid out is a lot like his worst nightmare, regarding his own situation. That one day, he'll be... filled up. That there'll be less and less of him, and more and more of the demon, until.... until Peter is nothing.
But he's just quiet, listening from the rare perspective of someone whose situation does sound a lot like his, for all its differences, too. He knows... Paimon has suffered. He can't know the extent of it, or certain truths that have been kept hidden from both of them, but.... the demon was mishandled. Mistreated. What was done to him may never fully be undone. )
So you... don't mind? Just being her vessel? Her... place to live.
( It's not asked like a challenge; it's... sincere, soft, almost childlike. He knows it's his own role; Paimon even calls him that. "My Vessel", like a title. Peter's still trying to accept it. He wonders why these days, it's a little easier, and that scares him. )
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What she's laid out is a lot like his worst nightmare, regarding his own situation. That one day, he'll be... filled up. That there'll be less and less of him, and more and more of the demon, until.... until Peter is nothing.
But he's just quiet, listening from the rare perspective of someone whose situation does sound a lot like his, for all its differences, too. He knows... Paimon has suffered. He can't know the extent of it, or certain truths that have been kept hidden from both of them, but.... the demon was mishandled. Mistreated. What was done to him may never fully be undone. )
So you... don't mind? Just being her vessel? Her... place to live.
( It's not asked like a challenge; it's... sincere, soft, almost childlike. He knows it's his own role; Paimon even calls him that. "My Vessel", like a title. Peter's still trying to accept it. He wonders why these days, it's a little easier, and that scares him. )
You don't mind that it's your... role?