"She said to ask Theo for input, not get him to explain it himself."

"Anyway, no making our... guest feel uncomfortable. And nothing on the front of how to make people not-evil without marriage?"

"Not at all. A lot of demonic creatures. Most ways to deal with them is killing them, and when something else is presented as an option it's mostly because our ancestors hadn't figure out how to kill them."

"I am glad that mind alteration is not that trivial. But wow."

"Yeah, no pray-the-hell-away camps for demons."

Her sisters make a face.

"Anyway. We will see how receptive Kor is to being consensually converted later. Keep him safe with us. Use his talents if he agrees to. What else?"

"...He and Theo are not really, uh, they didn't grow up learning skills that weren't about killing."

"So enroll them in assassin's school. Or get them both to learn ways to pay the rent."

"Get them both to learn how to be healthy, stable, sane and happy members of society."

"In this economy?"

"Stop the zingers for a minute, Trix."

"Okay, okay," she raises her hands in surrender. "But this feels like a discussion that involves their input a bit too much for me to be comfortable with."

"We can, and should, just figure out the problems and then offer some solutions. I don't think Theo is likely to think on his own that they should- I don't know their level of education, but I doubt he will think of continuing it."

"True. Maybe the whitelighters can offer some suggestions too. This is not the first time a witch tried something like this."

"They should have some data, yeah."

"Well, we do have magic now. It can't be that hard?"

...

...

"Let's... try not to acquire more demons to convert. At least until we have a better plan to host them."

Theo comes downstairs, sans Korbrant.

"Looks like he's good for now. Did I miss any hot gossip?"

"Only the hottest that we won't ever tell you."

"How is Kor doing?" Felicia says, patting the space on the couch next to her.

"He's moping about the others, but he'll get over it. We just need to give him a mission to focus on."

"Do we have something in mind, already?"

"There's our former masters. They'll be coming after us, and we need all the defenses we can get."