[ There's the sound of banging cupboards, then the hiss of the faucet. ]
Think you passed out, luv.
[ Her voice sounds stronger now -- not quite cheerful, but much more steady.
Because she's decided, in the few minutes it took her to splash some water on her own face and get Peter a glass. Even if she remembered the entire rite of exorcism off the top of her head, she's not sure it would work. She doesn't know the thing's name, which makes these things harder to begin with, and right now she feels like she tried to push a car up a hill and it rolled back over top of her. Peter can't be feeling any better. Trying to push through and cast out whatever is hiding inside his soul would be more likely to hurt both of them than help.
It could even kill him, if it went badly enough. And yeah, maybe this place resurrects people, but -- she's not going to risk killing a kid on the chance that it helps with his demon problem. What if it brought the demon back in his body, and not him? Or released the demon into the City?
No. No, call it cowardice, prudence, both. But when she returns to the living room with a glass of water and sits down next to Peter, she knows what she's going to say. ]
Yeah, I think it worked. [ She smiles encouragingly. ] Here, drink this.
There must've been some real bad energy in here to go off like that. That can happen. Knocked me silly for a minute, too. How're you feeling?
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Think you passed out, luv.
[ Her voice sounds stronger now -- not quite cheerful, but much more steady.
Because she's decided, in the few minutes it took her to splash some water on her own face and get Peter a glass. Even if she remembered the entire rite of exorcism off the top of her head, she's not sure it would work. She doesn't know the thing's name, which makes these things harder to begin with, and right now she feels like she tried to push a car up a hill and it rolled back over top of her. Peter can't be feeling any better. Trying to push through and cast out whatever is hiding inside his soul would be more likely to hurt both of them than help.
It could even kill him, if it went badly enough. And yeah, maybe this place resurrects people, but -- she's not going to risk killing a kid on the chance that it helps with his demon problem. What if it brought the demon back in his body, and not him? Or released the demon into the City?
No. No, call it cowardice, prudence, both. But when she returns to the living room with a glass of water and sits down next to Peter, she knows what she's going to say. ]
Yeah, I think it worked. [ She smiles encouragingly. ] Here, drink this.
There must've been some real bad energy in here to go off like that. That can happen. Knocked me silly for a minute, too. How're you feeling?