I wonder if I'm really forgiving them for those prejudices.
[It's Makoto, so maybe the younger demon might understand it. Maybe because he's a demon, maybe because his own situation was the same when he was human. He doesn't know, but he grabs a piece of the tuna sushi, putting it on his own plate to contemplate it for a moment.]
I say all these things, but... If it weren't for those friends of mine, I wonder where I'd be, as the newly crowned King of Bel. Truthfully? I think... I don't much care for people aside from my friends. I try to remain polite and respectful, but if it weren't for them? If they hadn't been there when the first group of them turned on me at the angel's behest to try and kill me for their own salvation? I don't think the outcome would have been nearly as pleasant, nor nearly as neat and tidy.
[Which is to say, he probably wouldn't have hesitated in fighting back. In removing those who would deem themselves threats, even if there was no way for them to truly hurt him, even at his weakest.]
Maybe they know that. The government is right to be afraid of me. So is the common person.
[He can be a threat, if he needs to be. The moment his friends get hurt, all bets are off. But his friends would be sad, and that may be the last lingering shred of humanity he has. The ability to pull back.
The piece of sushi gets prodded a little more, before he finally eats it.]
I think... It shouldn't really be too much longer before I completely subsume the other Bel demons. Who knows how much of myself I'll still have left at the end.
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[It's Makoto, so maybe the younger demon might understand it. Maybe because he's a demon, maybe because his own situation was the same when he was human. He doesn't know, but he grabs a piece of the tuna sushi, putting it on his own plate to contemplate it for a moment.]
I say all these things, but... If it weren't for those friends of mine, I wonder where I'd be, as the newly crowned King of Bel. Truthfully? I think... I don't much care for people aside from my friends. I try to remain polite and respectful, but if it weren't for them? If they hadn't been there when the first group of them turned on me at the angel's behest to try and kill me for their own salvation? I don't think the outcome would have been nearly as pleasant, nor nearly as neat and tidy.
[Which is to say, he probably wouldn't have hesitated in fighting back. In removing those who would deem themselves threats, even if there was no way for them to truly hurt him, even at his weakest.]
Maybe they know that. The government is right to be afraid of me. So is the common person.
[He can be a threat, if he needs to be. The moment his friends get hurt, all bets are off. But his friends would be sad, and that may be the last lingering shred of humanity he has. The ability to pull back.
The piece of sushi gets prodded a little more, before he finally eats it.]
I think... It shouldn't really be too much longer before I completely subsume the other Bel demons. Who knows how much of myself I'll still have left at the end.