[The thought that he had believed himself damned by essence, that in finding more purpose than he ever had as a mortal he was somehow wrong, takes such painful hold of his heart he can focus on nothing else.]
I have tasted the agony, fear, ugly hatred, and bleak despair of damnation for myself. You are certainly not. Your capacity to bring joy and comfort to others, and to find it in return, that is not something one corrupted can do without breaking free of its influence. I am...I'm so glad you've moved away from such thoughts.
And-
[He exhales a breath he'd caught in his throat without realizing at the mention of his time in The Darkness. Strangely, the spike of remembered pain and fear doesn't resonate as strongly...]
And even if you somehow were, if a demon had laid claim to you, I would fight for you.
[...It's seemingly useless in the face of the calm conviction of protection. His own feelings had always come after anything he might feel for those around him, especially the ones who had found a place close to his heart.]
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[The thought that he had believed himself damned by essence, that in finding more purpose than he ever had as a mortal he was somehow wrong, takes such painful hold of his heart he can focus on nothing else.]
I have tasted the agony, fear, ugly hatred, and bleak despair of damnation for myself. You are certainly not. Your capacity to bring joy and comfort to others, and to find it in return, that is not something one corrupted can do without breaking free of its influence. I am...I'm so glad you've moved away from such thoughts.
And-
[He exhales a breath he'd caught in his throat without realizing at the mention of his time in The Darkness. Strangely, the spike of remembered pain and fear doesn't resonate as strongly...]
And even if you somehow were, if a demon had laid claim to you, I would fight for you.
[...It's seemingly useless in the face of the calm conviction of protection. His own feelings had always come after anything he might feel for those around him, especially the ones who had found a place close to his heart.]