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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]

( The one he likes best...? It isn't the first time in this place that the concept of choosing has been presented to the demon lord, and so it is not new, but it is still... foreign.

Perhaps not long ago, he would have insisted that the other pick very specifically, that the request of their heart be fulfilled, but now he can see that this is their request. For him to choose; they don't know which one, have no preference. It is up to Paimon.

He will put much thought into this. For the first time, perhaps in all of his existence, thinking of each coin and which one he may like best, and why. Rubbing his fingers over each imprint, taking in each written language, finding a... preference. (....It's all given him a bit of an identity crisis, but in ways that are less aching as they usually are. No, this does not ache. This feels... a bit exciting?) )

i under stand
i shall ful fill this request after taking some time
i shall contact you so that i may bestow it upon you
thank you ORTUS

[noniad]

Thank you, truly. I will wait to hear from you, and am eager to see which coin you choose.

[Ortus will reflect on this peculiar interaction for some time into the future, waiting for the delivery of the promised coin with an odd certainty that it will be sent to him at some date yet to come.

For all the stranger's unique manner of speech and evidently excitable manner - not to speak of their unfamiliarity with some social mores - Ortus perceived no malice in them. A sort of erratic flightiness, perhaps, but an earnest nature. Childlike is not quite the word, but there are qualities of the forthright curiosity and moods of a child, generous and fretful and preoccupied with all sorts of questions about the world by turns.

He feels an unexpected nascent liking for them, whoever they are, and cannot but to wish them well.]