Huh. Are you... experienced with demons, Mister M?
[Shun'ya's friendliness doesn't falter, but his gaze does become a might shrewd as he re-examines Merlin with renewed interest. If he was a mage, then it was likely he did have dabblings with demons - but in Shun'ya experience, most magicians tended to shun the use of demons - too much time investment, too unreliable - in favour of the far more obedient and versatile spells that magic brought.
Shun'ya was an outlier in that be blended the two disciplines but, rare was it to encounter a mage that actually understood demons beyond "monster that will eat me just because". They didn't care to know the reasons why or their motivations...]
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[Shun'ya's friendliness doesn't falter, but his gaze does become a might shrewd as he re-examines Merlin with renewed interest. If he was a mage, then it was likely he did have dabblings with demons - but in Shun'ya experience, most magicians tended to shun the use of demons - too much time investment, too unreliable - in favour of the far more obedient and versatile spells that magic brought.
Shun'ya was an outlier in that be blended the two disciplines but, rare was it to encounter a mage that actually understood demons beyond "monster that will eat me just because". They didn't care to know the reasons why or their motivations...]