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[possessum]

( This is not Peter Graham, though of course, posting anonymously takes away that possibility. The user didn't want to use the boy's network handle, to inevitably be seen through the filter of "Not Peter."

The user is trying to define his own identity. )

why did you choose your title here on this THING
what is the meaning
?
?

( ...Texting is still something he struggles with, though the demon has been watching and learning and forming his own conclusions on how to do it. Autocorrect is a life-saver. Two questions get two question marks. ....Even if they go in the wrong place. )

i will grant you a
GOLDEN COIN
if you
RESPOND

( ...For those who know Paimon fairly well, that particular offer of exchange might betray who he is. But the demon of Knowledge is curious to hear reasons, and within them: perhaps stories, memories, self-perceptions. There is a meaning to everything, whether simple or complex.

And perhaps by the end of it, he will know what title he would give himself, here on the network. )

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[possessum]

( Oh, Satan help him.... Describing tastes is very difficult for the ancient thing that, in its true form, has no tongue (or perhaps too many tongues!)

But he will try.... Exchanging Knowledge with this stranger is important. ...Even if she's not technically a stranger, unbeknownst to either of them. )

the white is like cream
the red is like blood

( Hmmm.... that's.... )

not in taste but in



feeling

( He means like, texture, but this is... fine. Cream and blood, great ways to describe the difference. But oh.. he gets very excited when she says that. He knows to captialise things that are important, so— )

I LIKE GOLD

what is yyyy
?

[faceblocks]

[okay so red metallic and maybe tangy and white is cream. it's not the worst description. that's getting written down, too. some day she can enthuse about spag hattie to peter. she may continue to call it this until she's corrected. and if no one corrects her, well...]

huh

well now i have to track down both
ive never seen much gold
its pretty enough from the little ive seen

people die for it
fight over it
and sit on piles of it while people like me and mine go hungry

so

ill take spag hattie over gold

oh its just y for yes
but a bunch of times
for emphasis
so its almost like YES

[possessum]

( Now this... is interesting. He isn't used to this sort of reaction — certainly, it has been baffling to hear responses of his offer of gold met with little interest, here. Some here have even said it makes them uncomfortable for him to offer them a reward.

The demon lord... isn't used to that. Somewhere in his spirit is the memory of humans coming to him for great riches and treasures, and there has been no... reluctance in them for it; that is why they seek him out, after all. Why they call upon him, summon him through giving him great offerings.

But this person... outright says that they would rather have a food item instead of gold. There is upset or distaste there; even Paimon can read as much, what's said in their words. People using gold, fighting for it, dying for it... an imbalance with some having too much and some having nothing.

He is quiet for a very long time. Thinking. )

it is true that humans can

abuse it ( He had to find the word, and it's one that someone else used once. 'They abused you, your power. Took too much. Wanted what you could offer.'

It's.... strangely uncomfortable to think that he may have granted treasure to humans who then hoarded it. Who did not share. It really isn't anything to do with him, what his summoners do with the treasures he grants them, but..... he is thinking of it now. How odd. )

the ones you have known
who sit on piles of it
they are humans
?

[faceblocks]

most of em probably
they like to think they are
human but they sure dont care
about humanity

or anything else but themselves
ignorant at best
at worst
worse than the beasts here

the beasts dont have a choice you know?