Ahh, but surely it's better to laugh in the face of adversity than give in to whatever other urges may be lurking beneath the surface? You may not think I'm putting much effort into ignoring this mist, but I assure you-- I'm no less affected by it than you are.
[Better at ignoring it, maybe. But he is a demon, and intrusive thoughts were more of less his usual state of mind. There were plenty of urges he's gotten used to suppressing in order to live among humans, whether they require a conscious effort to do so or not.]
[If anything, this mist was simply bringing out his true nature.]
After all, there's a reason I was keeping my distance from you before. Had you not incapacitated this man yourself, I might have just torn him to pieces for touching you like that.
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[He says, laughing.]
Ahh, but surely it's better to laugh in the face of adversity than give in to whatever other urges may be lurking beneath the surface? You may not think I'm putting much effort into ignoring this mist, but I assure you-- I'm no less affected by it than you are.
[Better at ignoring it, maybe. But he is a demon, and intrusive thoughts were more of less his usual state of mind. There were plenty of urges he's gotten used to suppressing in order to live among humans, whether they require a conscious effort to do so or not.]
[If anything, this mist was simply bringing out his true nature.]
After all, there's a reason I was keeping my distance from you before. Had you not incapacitated this man yourself, I might have just torn him to pieces for touching you like that.
And that's not funny at all, is it?
[...s-still snickering though.]