"When you say 'I could not think of him as anything but an innocent bystander,' do you mean that exactly? Not 'I could not think of him as anything but my most trusted friend' or 'I do not acknowledge his existence at all'?"
"Could he talk me into agreeing, to, say, rip my own head off, or is it purely the acts of violence that he himself does that are ignored?"
"My go-to method for hurting the Leviathan was to telekinetically throw myself at him as fast as I could to hit him, over and over," says Morgan, flatly. "If he only has human capabilities, he would be physically incapable of hurting me beyond a scratch. My concern is not that he could hurt me and I couldn't see it coming, it is that he could potentially warp my definition of what hurts me, or convince me to hurt myself."
He nods. "Screamer can control sound arbitrarily within her range, which is quite extensive. She can generate or negate any sounds at any given point, to the point that she can make you believe something she's saying is actually one of your thoughts. She also has quite impressive multitasking skill."
"If I were to have a perfectly soundproofed helmet, would she perceive all sounds that occur therein?"
Morgan nods.