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Class was being held in the Danger Shop today. It would be made abundantly clear why momentarily. For now, Paige was standing at the front of the class, waiting for them to settle before starting in on the lecture.

"Today," she started, "we're going to talk about demonology. If the word doesn't give it away, demonology is the study of demons or beliefs about demons. It deals with both benevolent beings that have no circle of worshipers or a limited amount of worshipers in that they're still below the rank of gods. It also deals with malevolent beings of all kinds, which is how the majority of people see demons. They're bad guys, they're monsters and if you don't kill them, they're gonna kill you."

It wasn't always true but Paige could see why it was the typical belief. She had enough memories of the Emim to know that there was no way those monsters were benevolent in any way, shape or form.

"Demonology isn't something that can be defined simply though. Demonology is different in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Satanism. For the purposes of this class, we'll take a look at those who command demons to do their bidding. Not really such a good idea. Most often, when people are commanding demons, they're commanding the demons most often mentioned in Christian demonology. Real quick, demonology from a Christian point of view tends to deal with the Bible the interpretation of those scriptures, the scriptures of early Christian philosophers and hermits, traditions, and legends incorporated from other beliefs. Those who command these demons don't necessarily worship them but seek to use them to obtain their goals. Some people see that as smart, some people see it as disrespectful and probably a main reason why some demons get pissed and revolt. A lot of it depends on the practitioner of the magic that conjures the demon and the goals they're seeking to obtain."

Paige paused and crossed her arms. "Today, you're here in the Danger Shop to meet a demon or two. I'm sure most of you have dealt with this place before so you know it's not real but please be careful anyway. This is more an exercise on how you deal with different kinds of demons, since no two are the same. Scenario wise, you guys are those who have to deal with practitioners of demonology raising a demon for his or her own needs and then not being able to control the demon's power. These guys aren't all nice but we'll see which kind of methods you use to get past them. Ready? Let's go."

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Look, Toby was actually pretty familiar with that sort of fear. Sure, he knew he wasn't a demon, but he'd spent his childhood doing his best to avoid letting anyone know anything about his abilities. And even then, he'd fucked up a few times. One foster family had even sent him back to the system because they were convinced he actually was possessed by something.

So while they waited for the demons to show up, Toby was just gonna sidle up to Sholeh and give her a look that hopefully conveyed the whole 'I've got your back' sentiment.

Sholeh was just going to edge closer to Toby and whisper, "Do you think it'll be obvious if we leave?"

'We' as in her and Toby, really. Not Sholeh and, saaaaaay, her two sisters that shared her body?

"Probably?" Toby whispered back apologetically. Times like this, he really wished his ability worked both ways. "But it should be fine, right? I mean, they're not even real."

"That's true, but..." Sholeh shrugged. "I'm not comfortable around demons. Even fake ones."

In a tiny mental voice, she added, ::We kinda are some.::

It was scary to say, but she figured Toby would figure it out soon enough, if he hadn't overheard it already.

Demon or not, even if their association had gotten off to a bit of a rocky start way back in that first class they'd had together, Sholeh was one of the sweetest people Toby knew. He hadn't talked to either of her sisters much, but from what he'd, um... overheard... they seemed nice enough too (though one of them was definitely scrappy).

"I had foster parents send me back because they thought I was possessed," he confessed. It wasn't exactly the same, but in a world without actual demons, it was about as close as you'd get.

Yeah, scrappy was one word for Zeela.

"We don't want to be mean or evil or bad or anything," Sholeh assured him. "It's just what we are. The Tryad, I mean. As a race. But we're really perfectly nice!"

Other than the occasional killing of someone's sibling for having the ill-grace to fall in love with an outsider.

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Oh, well. Other than that, yeah, sure.

"I've never had a problem with you," Toby said firmly. Aside from aforementioned somewhat rocky start, but in retrospect her reaction was completely understandable. "And I'm willing to give a piece of my mind to anyone who does."

What? Other cultures didn't have a law like that?

"Thank you," Sholeh said, giving him a tremulous smile. "I appreciate that."

=Yeah, he's not bad. And it's nice having an audience. Hey, you single?=

::Star-eyed goddess, Zeela, shut up.::

She was giving Toby a pleading look now. "Just ignore her, okay?"

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