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[guylining]

you say things like that but you say demons don't have a soul

they have something. you have something. you're not just evil.

[clayking]

You were imbued with life, Nate. A certain amount of free will from whatever you believe in if you do belive in such a thing.

I was made from infernal clay. We might have something but it's not a soul. Not in the same way mortals do. We have nothing to judge after if or when we're killed.

We only are exactly what we appear.

I care for you, Nate. But do not think there are not parts of me that you do not know.

[guylining]

i don't imagine for a second that i know everything there is to know about you

i'm sorry, i didn't mean to be reductive

[clayking]

I know you weren't...intending to.

I just mean that it's easy to think there isn't much difference between us. My kind and yours.

Regardless-

You've more than earned your place in the list of people I care for- and those I would fight for. Even my own kind. So, I suppose the point matters little.

[guylining]

i would fight for you too

and i care about you too.

ineroth...he wasn't whole when i knew him. he was missing all the parts of himself that made up thorn

i don't think he should've been split apart like that. i don't really know what it means for him

[clayking]

And he could be far more dangerous now that he's whole- even with Thorn's supposed influence.

Perhaps the split apart was untentional. A part of him severed by mistake- we might be cocky creatures but even we sometimes stumble. I imagine it says quite a bit that you managed to leave an impression on Thorn enough that he failed to come after you in that time apart-

As much as I loathe to suggest this- have you considered trying to separate them again?

[guylining]

I suggested it

thorn doesn't think it can be done

but if it could, i'd do it in a heartbeat. separate them, bind ineroth so that he couldn't hurt anyone

yeah. i'd do it if i could

[clayking]

Thorn might be reveling in the power that he has currently- and separation would diminish that. Not saying he's wrong but his words might not be pure.

though binding him alone while might be more of a permanent solution, might be a harder thing to achieve.

It rather depends on how much risk one would take to have the man you knew back.

[guylining]

a month ago i was ready to die for him, so
that's where i am

[clayking]

Ah.

Well...

We're speaking in hypotheticals till I meet him. Hopefully, you would not have to do such a thing. I do prefer you alive.

[guylining]

yeah. me too.

[clayking]

...Are you OK?

I imagine this whole thing is quite...hard.

[guylining]

i'm better than i was

i thought he was gone and he isn't

i just have to keep a tether on hope, you know? because i could get blinded by that
i have to stay rational, that's the hardest part

[clayking]

Well, better than you were is an improvement.

I don't mean to put a damper on that hope- if we can contain him. Perhaps everything will work out.

I'm just perhaps more wary of my kind.

[guylining]

no, you're right to be. you know your kind better than anyone

hope is dangerous. i know that.

i don't want to have to be afraid of him, but right now i can't help it

[clayking]

Fear can be good. Healthy, even.

This feeling won't last forever but for now- a little objectivity is the best thing you can do Nate.

[guylining]

yeah. i know you're right

you've already done so much for me.

[clayking]

You simply need to ask you know-

Doing this and more is not a burden. Not when it comes to you, Nate.

[guylining]

thank you.

i mean it. for everything.

[clayking]

of course.

I’m happy to do it.

[guylining]

thank you

i'll bring him to meet you?

[clayking]

What better place than the house named after the throne of Hell?

Of course- bring him tomorrow night.

[guylining]

tomorrow night.

[clayking]

If anything happens before then...

Well, summon me.

[guylining]

i will. pillar of flames, straight away