[ Maruki returns the long, long look right back. ]
Absolutely not. Azathoth is inherent to my soul. I refuse to ever give it up again.
[ There's no word for how uniquely disquieting it was to be without his persona when he arrived, even before he knew exactly what it was.
And there's far more he could say, but he's been holding his tongue while hanging around the crystal. Baiting it out of others first. He waits to see what Demi-Fiend will have to say about that refusal. ]
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Absolutely not. Azathoth is inherent to my soul. I refuse to ever give it up again.
[ There's no word for how uniquely disquieting it was to be without his persona when he arrived, even before he knew exactly what it was.
And there's far more he could say, but he's been holding his tongue while hanging around the crystal. Baiting it out of others first. He waits to see what Demi-Fiend will have to say about that refusal. ]