THEY OUGHT TO HAVE EXPECTED THAT . the demon glanced away , instead . some , they thought , were a bit more charmed by some cheek than outright groveling . but not him ! even to , of all things , a demon , he was out of his mind . worse than most greater demons . most . greater demons were at least predictable . he was not . “yeah , i got it ,” they replied . they knew already they were pathetic , so it was not much on their pride to act on it . “i’ll make sure no other , um , mix ups happen again .”
BEING PREDICTABLE WAS INSULTING. the moment he started having actions that could be predicted was the moment he’d lose his edge. if they grovelled a bit more maybe he’d have at least thought of giving a decent amount of thought to forgiveness, but why do that? he may not have had all the power he boasted about, but he’d get it one way or another. “ good. ‘cause if it does… you’ll wish you’d never been made. ”