["You're not hoping to hear me forgive you, are you?"] A familiar melodious voice resounded in the darkness as June was fighting against sleep.
"Your forgiveness is not something I seek. I am a demon, and I only act by the dictates of my nature. However, what happened to Tobias is an unforeseen development—even to me and my monitor." June felt a hand caress his head. "I am a demon that hungered for a human's cravings and desires. The human dying is not in my best interests. I can only leave your area to live it down."
["As much as I understood, this human child said something about you paying for it. I don't understand. If the angels punished you, how are you still alive?"]
There was a rich laugh. "You and June wondered the same. Perhaps, the angels thought that punishing a grand demon through death is seen not as a punishment to our kind. Being enslaved by humans—a lower being—would work better. That… seemed to be a mutual thought between me and the Dominion."
