Captain Goss stood on the deck, looking down at the insignificant girl in the red dress beneath his feet.
He didn't consider himself a demon in the traditional sense.
Not the kind that is blamed as the scapegoat for all the wrongs of this world, the demon that others claim to have been tempted by.
Mortals tend to subconsciously seek excuses to shrug off responsibility when they feel regret.
Thus, religion was born.
He was a legitimate businessman, engaging only in legitimate businesses, never involving himself in dragging decent women into disrepute or forcing old prostitutes to turn over a new leaf.
As for defining what constitutes a legitimate business, that indeed is hard to pin down.
If you consider two hundred years ago, even pirates holding letters of marque were engaged in a legitimate enterprise.
So-called modern nations, societies, laws, and moralities are all novelties that have emerged over the last century.
