( makoto's tongue clicks against the roof of his mouth. )
A terrible pity.
( for beings used to and secure in their own immortality, that could be one of the greatest misfortunes that might befall them — less perhaps the waste of time, as time was not finite and scarce and therefore had no true value, but the waste of effort. the skewed opportunity cost of something that was once very nearly in hand, guaranteed in writing and simply not having been actualized by action yet, and which was now suddenly and irrevocably lost. this really is one of the few ways to truly wound a demon, isn't it? for one to whom pain, anguish, or death is merely an object in abstract, concepts that might as well be idioms in a language that don't properly translate.
makoto is only a demon now through transference, having been human long enough to remember all of them well enough that he still had the reflexive shy tenderness toward them. it's a weakness that he tries his best to hide, buried beneath a veneer that he had perfected to wheel and deal among the upper crust of hell with as little attention paid to his origins as possible.
you will, a voice seems to say from within him; his own voice, actually, though in the way the Kenoma can sometimes twist, feeding you its own desires in a way that makes you feel as though they were your own. the only reason makoto senses it now is because he actually does understand sebastian in this. as much as the Kenoma's end-goals align with his own, they do not compare with makoto's ultimate mission in exacting his revenge over J. so he will not press the other demon on that, instead chuckling lightly at his specifications. )
That is the aim. Though you may have opportunity yet to at the very least pose stipulations, even if it's not in the way you might prefer. The Regent has mentioned that they take suggestions from those who earn their ear.
( what suggestions might demons have for a world without suffering, though... that's why makoto's never thought about it, or at least outside of his own desire for oblivion. his version of hell has a currency based on human anguish, so... it would be quite a paradigm shift. )
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A terrible pity.
( for beings used to and secure in their own immortality, that could be one of the greatest misfortunes that might befall them — less perhaps the waste of time, as time was not finite and scarce and therefore had no true value, but the waste of effort. the skewed opportunity cost of something that was once very nearly in hand, guaranteed in writing and simply not having been actualized by action yet, and which was now suddenly and irrevocably lost. this really is one of the few ways to truly wound a demon, isn't it? for one to whom pain, anguish, or death is merely an object in abstract, concepts that might as well be idioms in a language that don't properly translate.
makoto is only a demon now through transference, having been human long enough to remember all of them well enough that he still had the reflexive shy tenderness toward them. it's a weakness that he tries his best to hide, buried beneath a veneer that he had perfected to wheel and deal among the upper crust of hell with as little attention paid to his origins as possible.
you will, a voice seems to say from within him; his own voice, actually, though in the way the Kenoma can sometimes twist, feeding you its own desires in a way that makes you feel as though they were your own. the only reason makoto senses it now is because he actually does understand sebastian in this. as much as the Kenoma's end-goals align with his own, they do not compare with makoto's ultimate mission in exacting his revenge over J. so he will not press the other demon on that, instead chuckling lightly at his specifications. )
That is the aim. Though you may have opportunity yet to at the very least pose stipulations, even if it's not in the way you might prefer. The Regent has mentioned that they take suggestions from those who earn their ear.
( what suggestions might demons have for a world without suffering, though... that's why makoto's never thought about it, or at least outside of his own desire for oblivion. his version of hell has a currency based on human anguish, so... it would be quite a paradigm shift. )