Upon looking at heyfreemagic

[hasstandards]

Magic? Bloody magic.

No. Absolutely not.

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[hasstandards]

S'not like I've never been on my own, you know.

[notjustinthemirror]

I figure you're always on your own, that's why you don't want to go wherever it is your mun is sending you.

[hasstandards]

I'm used to taking care of myself. S'easier.

[notjustinthemirror]

Other people are good to have around. Never know when you might want to use one as a meat shield or drive them insane to see what they do.

Also they tend to run away when terrible things are happening so it's a good indicator of places you don't want to be.

[hasstandards]

I don't need other people.

[notjustinthemirror]

But do you really believe that?

[hasstandards]

Doesn't matter if I believe it, mate. I know it. Survived on my own for years in the Bush.

[notjustinthemirror]

You're not in the bush now.

[He senses that he's getting warmer.]

Are you still just trying to survive?

[hasstandards]

I'm just doin' a job these days.

[notjustinthemirror]

Sounds like you're still just surviving. That's not much of a life.

[hasstandards]

And just what do you consider a life, then?

[notjustinthemirror]

Sommething better than this.

[He gestures around.]

Aren't you humans supposed to be about living life to the fullest? You don't get a whole lot of time to be alive, and you're letting it all slip away. Generally people who do that die full of regret.

And regret makes people miserable and annoying. And then they die in stupid ways like drunk in gutters and getting sucked up by street sweepers.

[hasstandards]

I am living life to the fullest. I've got a great job. Bloody good at it, too. Just because my parents and blokes like you don't get it doesn't mean I don't.

[notjustinthemirror]

[He'll get you eventually. It's just going to take more time than he has patience for.]

Aren't you a little old to care what your parents think?

[hasstandards]

[Good thing Sniper has learned some patience from having to deal with Scout.]

No. They're my parents.

[notjustinthemirror]

Humans are fucking weird.

[Guess he'll just have to pester Scout and your girlfriend and your bff and your rivals. Now it's a challenge. ]

[hasstandards]

[Good luck with that. BLU is just as tight-lipped, Spy can turn invisible, and Scout has his own host of insecurities for you to play with. Pyro, on the other hand, will... probably tell you everything you want to know, all the while squealing about how cute "Mr. Hawk" is.]

Says the bloke wearin' a mask.

[notjustinthemirror]

[Unfortunately Pyro will be his last resort as he is highly flammable. Er well, fortunately for RED, unfortunately for the Demon.]

I'm not wearing it, it's stuck to me. Just like all this other crap.

[He spreads his arms and gestures to his clothing.]

I didn't pick the outfit.

[hasstandards]

[Reason #42598 they go together well.]

I don't suppose it's practical for whatever it is you do. You even got a job?

[notjustinthemirror]

The gun is practical. For shooting people.

The idea was to make me look like someone else, who wears this. And doesn't look like I do under this.

[He taps the mask. Then pauses folding his arms.]

Or maybe I do. Fuck if I know, the mask doesn't come off.

And I don't need a job. I'm a demon.

[hasstandards]

Doesn't mean ya can't get a job. If a bloody talking sword can have a job, you can.

[notjustinthemirror]

And what the fuck would I do with money?

And I have better shit to be doing. I have to make sure Ethan doesn't get himself killed. Or drown in a puddle of vomit. Or fall off a building dead drunk. Or walk right into an Oro trap. Or some other moronic way he's going to try and die.

[He just happens to not be here, so the Demon is very, very bored.]

[hasstandards]

Sounds like it'd be easier to just let him. Survival of the fittest, mate.

[notjustinthemirror]

What do you suppose happens to someone's demon if that person dies?

[hasstandards]

I don't know. Can't say I know much about demons.