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If you're following this series in order, click here next . For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here [link] or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here [link] .

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Elina is startled to feel the tattered remnants of her robe being yanked from beneath her, made even worse by the sudden impression she has that the cloth's motion is partly of its own accord. Her heart beating in her throat, the Scholar continues her struggle to keep calm and think clearly. "But what of my first question," she stammers. "No Wormloat Gremlin is capable of sorcery like this. What are you?"

The gremlin stares back at her with faintly glowing eyes, then raises a small clutching hand before her wide-eyed glare. "What are you?" the gremlin whispers back. "Where is what you are? Where does it begin, and where do you end? You have hands like this, but are they simply your hands because you own them and use them, or are they you? You use your eyes to look at this body, but if those eyes were plucked out, would they still be you, or would they cease to be you?"

He lowers his hand slowly before Elina's unblinking gaze. "The truth is I do not know what I am, but this form is no more me than your eyes and hands are you. I have had eyes and hands aplenty, and they have been, in one way or another, 'plucked out' and removed from my use. But I--the truth of what I am--is hidden away from me. Bound from my awareness as surely as your arms, hands, and legs are to be bound now..."

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It's safe to say that I'm having a LOT of fun with this section. It's about time that we saw someone actually try to speak with our villain, as cryptic and evasive as the little sucker is... The character of Elina is based upon the references and stock model imagery provided by Emily at ~Feathered-pics If you like what you see, please let her know. Thanks a bunch, Emily!

Enjoy!

Description
If you're following this series in order, click here next . For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here [link] or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here [link] .

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Elina is startled to feel the tattered remnants of her robe being yanked from beneath her, made even worse by the sudden impression she has that the cloth's motion is partly of its own accord. Her heart beating in her throat, the Scholar continues her struggle to keep calm and think clearly. "But what of my first question," she stammers. "No Wormloat Gremlin is capable of sorcery like this. What are you?"

The gremlin stares back at her with faintly glowing eyes, then raises a small clutching hand before her wide-eyed glare. "What are you?" the gremlin whispers back. "Where is what you are? Where does it begin, and where do you end? You have hands like this, but are they simply your hands because you own them and use them, or are they you? You use your eyes to look at this body, but if those eyes were plucked out, would they still be you, or would they cease to be you?"

He lowers his hand slowly before Elina's unblinking gaze. "The truth is I do not know what I am, but this form is no more me than your eyes and hands are you. I have had eyes and hands aplenty, and they have been, in one way or another, 'plucked out' and removed from my use. But I--the truth of what I am--is hidden away from me. Bound from my awareness as surely as your arms, hands, and legs are to be bound now..."

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It's safe to say that I'm having a LOT of fun with this section. It's about time that we saw someone actually try to speak with our villain, as cryptic and evasive as the little sucker is... The character of Elina is based upon the references and stock model imagery provided by Emily at ~Feathered-pics If you like what you see, please let her know. Thanks a bunch, Emily!

Enjoy!