open | prompt six | DEMONS

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prompt six | D E M O N S be careful in casting out your devil ‘lest you cast out the best thing about you. ( friedrich nietzsche )

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[successes]

Arguably it's a bit of a cop-out. Anything that relies on chance is. You might say I could walk through a wall and I wouldn't be able to argue. I could grow wings and fly. My devil could be the best part of me.

But, yes, you're right. It doesn't make it any less true.

[compartmentalize]

[ Esther stares at him for a moment and then declares (completely deadpan): ] You couldn't grow wings and fly.

[successes]

[ After passing over the initial urge to simply say you don't know that: ] Nothing's impossible, Esther.

[compartmentalize]

No, [ Esther says again, patience drawing out the word while long-suffering bides its time around the corner. ] You flying — that's impossible. I might be an archeologist, but even know that.

[ She brandishes a finger at him and pokes him once in the shoulder for emphasis. ] And so should you. Stop being semantic.

[successes]

[ Like a blade of grass, he leans with the pressure of that accusatory finger before straightening back up. ]

Okay, okay. If you insist.

[compartmentalize]

[ She seems to glean some pleasure in that — in the way he bends but promptly straightens. ] I do insist. [ Her finger taps again, more lightly this time. ] This is me insisting. People tell me I'm rather good at it, when I put my mind to it.