[Brook takes in and then lets out a long, rueful breath.]

With Scarlet... I was trying to help her figure out how to manage her stress levels in the moment. Primal feelings like fear and anger are what bring our demons out, and she had a lot of reasons to be fearful and angry. I thought she needed to either control her stress, or learn to replace those powerful emotions with something more rooted in humanity. Like, I don't know. Love. Or. Something. [His voice steadily drops into an embarrassed mutter.] She's very protective.

[He's quiet for a moment.]

Anyway, I guess I went too hard too fast, and kind of threatened to crush her skull unless she stopped me? I thought she might take control of her demon to do it. [...] But no, the demon took over and she tried to dismember me. Again.

...That was a really annoying day.

[bROOK.

It's his turn to glance away, uncomfortable with how stupid his lesson plan sounds in retrospect. In his defense... Brook may be stupid.

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He sighs again, facing front.]

I don't even know if something like that would work with you. What brings it out? Your... is it even a demon? You said it was magic.