Well, I did say it's just for a while. [ it's not that bad being a demon/monster/what have you for just a minute! sometimes it feels kinda nice. ] It's not that you'll really be a demon, it's just.. This place is strange. It's like the Fade, in a way — do you know what the Fade is? You seem like a mage, I'm sorry for being presumptuous, I'll just not make any assumptions anymore. If you don't know what the Fade is, I mean.

[ and then there's some rustling, and Merrill tenses up, her breathing coming to a halt. when she speaks, it's a tiny whisper. ]

.. If you don't wish to be a demon, I suggest we keep moving. And maybe we stop talking so loudly?

[ arguing, that is. stop arguing. ]