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[creidim]

the arms of the ocean are carrying me
the arms of the ocean delivered me

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[creidim]

Do you think it possible for them? Your boy and his demon quarrel too much. [ Is this a complaint? Yes, it's very much a complaint. She has grievances.

But... can they adjust? She hopes so. It's been so long that they've fought against one another, sometimes even Luna isn't quite sure if they'll ever truly get on. At least the demon is far more agreeable to the idea and doing his best. But the boy—?

The argument between he and Luna was... troubling. Inlé has not forgotten it. Not simply the fear that had the omen tumbling into action, ready for a fight, but the truths that lay under the anger — the boy's thoughts on the demon, their respective places in life, and Luna's. ]

My Luna wishes for this. She chose her life with him, after all. He must see past the foreignness and horror. Even in a world like this, there is the mundane, there is familiarity. There is a way of life, it is simply under a different lens. [ He may not have his creature-comforts of his world, but in its way this world can be normal, too. ]

[possessum]

( The snake falls silent again for a longer stretch this time. Neither Peter nor Paimon really function through the concept of "hope". Peter due to how his personality has been formed, how his traumas have left him: fearful of false promise, and admittedly rather pessimistic in nature. With Paimon it's a bit different — the demon king is neither pessimistic nor optimistic in nature, but an even line in the middle of such concepts, if not transcending them entirely. Logical in his spirituality, there are no false promises; he can only ever satisfy those he is meant to satisfy.

Likewise, the snake doesn't really utilise "hope" as a tactic for building a future or making plans to. Even in the shape Inlé asks it — do you believe it possible, it's a question that could involve hope, but Susurrus's initial answer is... weighted, not too pleasant to hear. )

I believe their exisssstenccccce together will always be ssssuffering. ( Perhaps that is a separate issue, though, even if one connected to the matter at hand. ) But the common tether between them isssss your Luna, and I believe they may both.... continue to adjusssst in wayssss, becaussse of that.

( There's already been progress. It's possible, he thinks, for it to go further. But could they ever fully adjust to one another....? Perhaps not, not with the nature of their... union. So it's not exactly a hopeful answer, but not an unhopeful one, either.

Though Susurrus certainly hasn't forgotten the fight, either. And it's something that weighs on his own thoughts as well, like Inlé — what lies underneath. )

There are thingsssss insssside of him that he sssstill hassss not allowed to breathe. Thingsssss.... from the passst. Perhapssss one reasssson I have been given voiccce now isss.... sssso that I may sssspeak with him about them.

( He realises this, slowly. Peter is still so... haunted, by so many things; they keep him from being able to move forwards in certain ways. Trench... desperately needs a therapist, it's true. But perhaps the snake can... help. )

[creidim]

Not complete suffering, I do not think. But I hope things will be better for them, in time. [ Meanwhile Luna very much is a creature of hope and belief. She is realistic, but she has her optimisms. Sometimes Inlé wonders if Argonaut might have been a better Pthumerian to be Luna's Patron. That sense of hope does encompass the Omen too, at her core. Still, it is a fair answer, she reasons. ]

From his past. [ She echoes it softly, sombre. ] His family, his sister. The little one was nice, Luna liked her.

[ Luna might not have met Charlie in person, but she has met her in... other ways. Like when the fireflies gave her form, or... perhaps, when she appeared within Peter, back in July. ]

It would be wise to offer him counsel. Luna will do this for him often, but sometimes there are things that can only be spoken to yourself. [ Sort of speak. Sleepers are in an envious position where they might talk to themselves but have someone there to still help, by having Omens. ]

You must be very gentle with him when approach him with such matters, but I am sure you are aware of that. I wish you luck in that, Susurrus.