Bitter Demons dialog by R. Wesley Edwards
In this dialog, “A friend” and Exé are chatting.
“A friend”
you sound bitter...
Exé
yeah...well...when something's green with scales ... you can call it a lizard. When it has wings and flies, you can call it a flying lizard... when it breathes fire... then you might call it a dragon...
“A friend”
so... ?
Exé
well ... when it flies through buildings and smells bad, leaving a haze trail...?
“A friend”
yeah... ?
Exé
THEN ... you call it a demon.
“A friend”
Ohkay... ?
Exé
Well ... you don't play games with demons. You don't pussyfoot around with pure evil. You don't obfuscate. You don't ... equivocate. You don't euphemise... You certainly don't worry about hurting IT'S feelings!
“A friend”
And... ?
Exé
and? ... and - ya know - you KNOW big time that you can no sooner fight it than a tornado; than the sun coming over the horizon tomorrow morning... if you don't want to see daylight -- you head West and you don't stop. The best way to deal with demons is to not deal with them. You see ... you RUN from pure evil. You recognize it with your fucking eyes closed and you bail. You get the fuck out! Are you hearing me?
“A friend”
Yeah -- I --
Exé
And demons... they don't have to be green with scales-
