"No one comes out of there. No one but us." Which isn't exactly an answer, but there's a firmness behind it anyway. She's not naive enough to truly trust the demon of betrayal to keep his word, but what she does believe in is the nature of the Fears to be what they are. One may have come when called upon by Eligos, but it will not bow down to him and let him take back what is rightfully its.
No. The Buried will not relinquish Calvin Benchley, not now it has him. Not without a fight.
"I shouldn't—" mm, "it's not— it's probably not... good. Doing that. I know that. But he wouldn't. Stop. Calling me Alice. Even when he was begging. He couldn't shut up and— and understand. He didn't understand."
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"No one comes out of there. No one but us." Which isn't exactly an answer, but there's a firmness behind it anyway. She's not naive enough to truly trust the demon of betrayal to keep his word, but what she does believe in is the nature of the Fears to be what they are. One may have come when called upon by Eligos, but it will not bow down to him and let him take back what is rightfully its.
No. The Buried will not relinquish Calvin Benchley, not now it has him. Not without a fight.
"I shouldn't—" mm, "it's not— it's probably not... good. Doing that. I know that. But he wouldn't. Stop. Calling me Alice. Even when he was begging. He couldn't shut up and— and understand. He didn't understand."