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[shadowban]

out of curiosity: would you pay to cuddle or nap with a furry animal, if you had the option? if you didn't have to do any cleanup and you're assured they won't have rabies or anything like that.

i've met enough people who seem to want physical comfort of this type, so i thought i might ask.

[ this is a sincere enquiry, please respect his post! ]

Comments

[shadowban]

how much does he even like you if he won't listen?

[lifeprice]

I think you're misunderstanding. The Fox Devil will form a contract with me, so we are temporary allies, but that does not mean I can command or train him outside of that. I feed him, and he eats other Devils for me.

[shadowban]

a contract is a binding vow. you've never considered changing the terms?
it's worth considering at the very least.

[ maybe he could institute a ban on topics regarding food and eating sometime. ]

[lifeprice]

I think you're imagining something more serious than it is in my world. The terms are fine with me, and agreed as soon as it's made.

[shadowban]

how serious does it need to be? it's a demon spirit. even small contracts can change the trajectory of your life. people are terrible at gauging what their lives are truly worth. no deal with any spirit is ever truly equitable if they get to decide the balance.

[lifeprice]

Kon-san, they're not spirits. They're Devils.

[shadowban]

would you agree they're evil? that they gain strength from human tragedy and fear?

[lifeprice]

From fear, yes, but that doesn't make them all evil.

[ The Aki of the past would stab him for this. ]

[shadowban]

no, it doesn't. but the exceptions prove the rule. on the whole, they're not human, and when you choose to ignore what their nature is, you doom yourself and others to being hurt.

[ just months ago megumi wouldn't be saying this, either. megumi thought tsumiki had been an exception, and his naive hopes had killed her in the end. ]

[lifeprice]

I was doomed either way. I exchanged my life for my contract.

[shadowban]

did you die? is that it, then? you're dead now?

[lifeprice]

Yes.

the icon i'm using for this tag is intentional

[shadowban]

then you're an idiot.

SAYS YOU MEGUMI

[lifeprice]

Maybe, but I had my reasons.

hahaHAHAHA

[shadowban]

reasons are a nice way to say you chose to die alone.

[ kettle, pot, a whole lot of charcoal. ]

[lifeprice]

I didn't die alone. I died alongside my friend.

[ ok there's more to it than that but go off king of giving us nothing ]

[shadowban]

they're dead too?

[lifeprice]

No. He lived.

[shadowban]

[ megumi, in shibuya, wishing yuji goodbye with a smile on his face. yuji, suffering the consequences of it more than once, and still choosing to forgive megumi in the end. ]

you're not a good friend.

[lifeprice]

[ DAMN OKAY. ]

I know.

when u look in a mirror and hate what u see

[shadowban]

let's not meet in person, hayakawa-san.

[lifeprice]

Fine by me.