"Oh, so you're one of them now, too, great."

She turns around and saunters off.

"...quite the character, isn't she?"

"That's one way of putting it."

"I suspect it's all an act."

"Oh, so she only acts awful and in fact has a heart of gold?"

"...maybe bronze."

"She doesn't seem evil or anything," says Eva. "She's kinda… focused on herself, yeah, but I don't think she's really all that mean? At least, usually?"

Theo shrugs.

"...she's a bit mean."

"Okay, but… not evil mean? Just… slightly petty mean?"

"Well, I guess she doesn't torture kittens for fun..."

Eva laughs a bit incredulously. "I mean, for starters why is that the thing you think about for evil, second are you sure, and third I would be seriously worried if she did."

"There's a species of demons that feeds on kittens! ...they're not one of the evil ones, though, they just have a very specific diet."

"… What, can they not eat anything else? That seems like a really weird diet."

"Anyway! Convincing and stabbing – still the plan?"

"Nope, they can only eat kittens."

"Yes, probably still the plan," she answers.

"Okay, so– I should probably go do that then? With one of you magic people backing me up. Sadde?"

"Sure!"

"I will stand guard as well."

"I guess Willow and I can just wait here, then?"

"M-maybe w-we should go, too, in c-case something goes wrong?"

"Okay, so we're all going to stand outside the gym teacher's office conspicuously, cool. I guess that's better than them dying."

"… Wonderful," says Eva. "Anyway, if I walk out acting weirdly, please don't kill me but instead try to exorcise the demon, thanks. Cool."

Iron blade: check!

And off they go.

Presently, they are: in front of the gym teacher's office.