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[flameguard]

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[flameguard]

...I know. It wasn't my first time.

[ actually it was like. fifth or sixth. ]

[haematocritical]

My condolences. The hells are not meant to be pleasant.

[ everyone stop going to hell ]

[flameguard]

[ that gets a little bit of a smile... he could probably explain but he'll take the sympathy instead, with a duck of his head. ]

Thank you, sir.

[haematocritical]

[ he nods. ]

We've had our run ins with denizens of the hells in the past.

[flameguard]

...Raphael, right? That's what Karlach and Mr. Gale said.

[haematocritical]

Yes, Raphael was a rather prominent one. Charming man. Absolute nightmare.

[flameguard]

[ shakes ]

Well... we killed him. [ yay?? ] He tried to eat my soul...

[haematocritical]

He does that sometimes!

[ yay ]

Especially if you make a deal with him and essentially hand it to him on a platter.

[flameguard]

He offered us that, too.

[ a deal. contracts and all. ] He even knew about this place, and talked about giving us things that could help us here, if we refused to help Miss Hope and chose to just leave, instead.

Even if I thought it was going to be a fair deal - which I didn't - I wouldn't have given her up to him. But creatures like that... they can make all the promises in the world, and they'll never, ever be fair. The cost is never as low as they pretend, and the cost of Miss Hope's life was priceless, let alone my own.

[haematocritical]

[ he nods. ]

Yes, that's how they work. Find the one thing you want, and broker a deal that may get you want you think you need but at a close that far exceeds your reward.

Sometimes it's not too bad, but there's usually a catch. It's simply how cambions work.