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[hollow_king]

[You never know, he might respond to a message. If he feels like it.]

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[allgotrabies]

"Uh... I'll surprise you," she decides, trying to imagine pork pie and coming up only with images of England. So not fit for a Thanksgiving Day spread. "Should I invite anyone? Jedao should come."

[hollow_king]

"He is good company. Invite any who you might like, the tables are long enough." A little wry, but he doesn't really care. He likes Annie enough to at least take a small part in the holiday but he would never claim to offer much in the way of celebratory company.

[allgotrabies]

She knows how ambivalent he is toward...well. Everything. But his answer still makes her smile, not her usual grin but something that's mostly in her eyes, and she rests her chin on his knee.

"If I invite someone you don't like, you can tell me. I'll disinvite them. But I'm probably inviting Bill, and we both like him. He scares the fuck out of me, though."

[hollow_king]

He pats her hair.

"He's a demon, it would be foolish not to be afraid. He is better company than some." Demons are demons, Horseriver is more ready to like them than he is most people.

[allgotrabies]

"If he tries something on me again, would you help me?" She doesn't expect a 'yes', or a 'no'. She just likes to know who she can call when she's cornered.

[hollow_king]

"What did he try before?"

[allgotrabies]

"He got his full powers back once. He turned on me. On everyone." Her expression is distant, a little stormy. "I try to just pal around with him like I did before that, but he's- well, like you said. A demon."

[hollow_king]

“If he acts again, I will offer what protection I can.” There’s a weight to his words rooted in his world and the meaning of duty and promises that mean much to him even with people he doesn’t know whether they can understand that or not. “It is useful to remember that whatever surface is there, he is a demon, chaos and destruction are what they are, one cannot truly expect them to be other than that.”