#please take this vaguely friendly interaction which includes a small callout for the mysterious nature of her existence ty

[threebetrayals]

@savedgames​ sent:  ❝ you don’t strike me as someone who fears death. ❞ — hands you a Paimon

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  for a long moment, it doesn’t seem as though he’s heard the floating companion’s comment — that, or he’s simply IGNORING her entirely. instead, he plods along in silence without so much as a glance in her direction, the only indicator that he’s contemplating her words being the clouded look which has entered his eyes.

     “ you don’t live through the experiences i have and maintain a fear of death. ”  response finally comes, breaking the still air he’s let fall between them. there’s a matter-of-factness to his tone, even in the quieter way he answers, an implication that such a thing is just NATURAL. being less... guarded around others is not something he’s used to yet, even if he is trying with certain people, but it is, admittedly, somewhat easier with those who know his ENTIRE LIFE STORY — who knew it and STILL helped him in such extreme ways, offering him yet another chance which he doesn’t deserve.

     “ at one time, i suppose i did fear such things. ”  though it has been hundreds of years since then, and he'd learned better long ago. death is not something which comes EASILY to him, as he’s not so fragile as mortals, and were he to be completely, brutally honest... he’s come to see death as more a RELIEF than something to FEAR. that much, he’ll keep to himself. lifting his gaze from the path his feet follow, the wanderer turns his attention to paimon — acting as a glorified babysitter again, he suspects — and scrutinizes her for a moment.  “ a fear of death is healthy for those to whom it comes easily. for those of us LESS susceptible... it becomes more a burden than a tool for survival. surely you understand that better than most? ”