[Even if Chuuya isn’t truly afraid of Mephisto (wary, not shit his pants afraid), that cackle does send a chill up his spine. It serves to drive home the true nature of the being he’s dealing with right now, and makes Chuuya wonder just what lies beneath the surface that he can’t see.

What does terrify Chuuya, down to his very core, is the thought of losing himself in the process of sealing Corruption.]

That isn’t a price I’m willing to pay.

[He won’t sacrifice everything that he is to seal away a power he’s had to deal with all of his life.]

Maybe I can dampen it somehow. Make it not so powerful. Or at least find a way to knock myself out of it, just in case.