Demon attacks are rare.
Of course, a single traveler or a small group of them is so fantastically unsafe from such that no one in their right mind would do that in the first place, but large caravans are usually perfectly safe.
Demon attacks are rare.
Of course, a single traveler or a small group of them is so fantastically unsafe from such that no one in their right mind would do that in the first place, but large caravans are usually perfectly safe.
"She's the one who convinced Khythen that humans are people, actually. She's very charming, in a slightly bewildering sort of way."
"I get the sense there's more to her than what's visible on the surface, but what's visible on the surface is someone who's enjoyed everything that's happened to her so far and is mildly annoyed about having her life disrupted but perfectly friendly and very understanding about the 'most demons don't think of humans as people' thing."
"I also get the sense there's more to you than what's visible on the surface, but I'll understand if you don't want to indulge my curiosity."
"They intend to get you pregnant, forcibly abort at five or six months, repeat that a few times, and then eat you. Well, technically they only need to eat the womb to absorb the collected power but they're hardly about to let the rest go to waste."
"I don't know. Not necessarily very fast. I don't have a plan yet, I just have - a general idea of the constraints." He pauses. "...it would be easier if you were pregnant; they - concentrate less - on the pregnant ones."
"I might," he says. "My magical specialty is healing; I could - arrange that you were in the right condition to catch."
She shudders. But:
"If you do this, do you think--you could get me out before they kill it? I'm not opposed to abortion per se but you said five or six months along..."
"I can't make guarantees, but I would be astonished if it took me longer than a month or two."
He blinks, startled, and looks consideringly at her.
"...I'd expect you were looking for proof of goodwill."