[It would be easy to rule over them. What is this thing, just some little imp?
All Michael wanted for most of his life was to attain a position of power in the Bad Place. There was so much tied up in that one towering goal: the respect he'd finally have from the others, the ability to pursue his own interests, the idea that he would matter to people. He wouldn't just be another demonic underling. He'd be somebody.
He licks his lips, gaze darting from the knife to Farnese. She looks young, but then he's never been great at gauging human ages. Mostly, she looks smaller. More fragile.]
I'm fine. [He answers off-handedly, distracted and a little confused about why she'd worry at all. She's never trusted him.] You don't really care about me. That's not even a thing.
[That last part's for the incubus, but given that he can't really look at it, it's a little confusing.
Since he switched sides, Michael hasn't looked back. It's like he told Shawn: that promotion would have never really made him happy. Other demons might have come to fear him, but they would never care about him, not like the humans did. Nothing would have changed.]
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All Michael wanted for most of his life was to attain a position of power in the Bad Place. There was so much tied up in that one towering goal: the respect he'd finally have from the others, the ability to pursue his own interests, the idea that he would matter to people. He wouldn't just be another demonic underling. He'd be somebody.
He licks his lips, gaze darting from the knife to Farnese. She looks young, but then he's never been great at gauging human ages. Mostly, she looks smaller. More fragile.]
I'm fine. [He answers off-handedly, distracted and a little confused about why she'd worry at all. She's never trusted him.] You don't really care about me. That's not even a thing.
[That last part's for the incubus, but given that he can't really look at it, it's a little confusing.
Since he switched sides, Michael hasn't looked back. It's like he told Shawn: that promotion would have never really made him happy. Other demons might have come to fear him, but they would never care about him, not like the humans did. Nothing would have changed.]