Suite Dreams - Cloud

[aono]

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[aono]

They're not pets, they're a part of our souls.

...or they were, but they're not connected to us here for some reason.

[skyagain]

... So they're pets now.

[aono]

Just for now, but yeah. I bet our connection will be back when powers come back.

[skyagain]

... What's the connection even do, anyway?

[aono]

Er...it's kind of hard to explain...but like, Rinkou's just a part of me. It's like having a piece of my soul hanging around outside my body and it's actually a wolverine. When our connection is there, I can feel her wherever she is. And she can't really talk, but I can tell she understands what people are saying to her.

[skyagain]

[ he thinks about that for a few seconds ]

Sounds weird.

[ he doesn't want his soul hanging out outside thanks ]

[aono]

[Okay, he laughs at that.]

It's definitely weird! But now that I've had her for a while, it feels weirder not being connected to her. I kinda wonder what Dad would think if he saw her, actually. He had a familiar so I think he would kind of get it, maybe.

[skyagain]

... Okay, wait, how's a familiar different?

[ ARE THESE ALL JUST TERMS FOR PETS ]

[aono]

Familiars aren't connected to you at all, they're demons you summon with magic. But they're separate beings.

[skyagain]

But they still... listen to you?

[aono]

As long as you're nice to them, yeah. It's kinda like making friends.

[skyagain]

With a demon you summoned.

[aono]

With Kuro, he was already summoned by my dad. I just took over as his human contact after Dad died.

[skyagain]

... So you've got the demon familiar and the ... daemon soul thing, now?

[aono]

Yup! And I'm half-demon on top of that.

[skyagain]

... So I guess demons are pretty common where you're from.

[aono]

Yeah, they got their own world and stuff. Gehenna. The human world is called Assiah, and that's where I live.

[skyagain]

And the two connect through magic?

[aono]

Something like that, yeah. I kinda wish Dad or Yukio were here, both of them could explain it way better than I can.

[skyagain]

The gist of it's fine, I don't need the whole play-by-play. [ from nerds!! ]

[aono]

...actually that's probably enough for the gist of it then. I don't specialize in summoning familiars so I don't really know most of it. I use swords.

[skyagain]

Yeah? So do I.

[ pretty. pretty obviously. his sword is massive. it is impossible to ignore. ]

[aono]

[Rin grins.]

It's the easiest way for me. There's five ways to fight demons though. Like, Yukio uses guns, and Dad did too.

[skyagain]

Guessing a third one is using demons against demons?

[aono]

Yeah. The fourth is using medicine to treat injuries from demons, and the fifth is using prayers to fight demons.