Mn. [A nod of understanding.] I thought you didn't smell human.
Their food takes some getting used to at first, but it really has good parts to it. It's changed a lot over the last couple millenia.
[He goes quiet at the question, instead putting the rest of the roll into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully.]
...That's what most people are guessing. Normally I can eat in my sleep if I don't wake up to get food during the night. I was way too hungry this morning, though.
And that is unsurprising, given that I've been living with you for a few weeks. [ But since this came up in trial... ] I owe you an apology, for suspecting you earlier.
[ He won't press further, though. He can't claim he isn't curious, but he's also having a hard time thinking about Merlin, given everything that's just happened. ]
I had my doubts. The crime seemed quite meticulous – too meticulous for your demon form to have carried out.
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[Is this just father testing him or something, why y'all gotta be weird about food
He does look a little guilty for a moment.]
I hope it wasn't too hard. I know there wasn't much left in the kitchen.
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[ Plants. He eats plants. Snow, too, when it's available. ]
It's fine. I made do with what was available. ... You went on your rampage because you didn't get to eat last night. Is that it?
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Their food takes some getting used to at first, but it really has good parts to it. It's changed a lot over the last couple millenia.
[He goes quiet at the question, instead putting the rest of the roll into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully.]
...That's what most people are guessing. Normally I can eat in my sleep if I don't wake up to get food during the night. I was way too hungry this morning, though.
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[ He's not surprised, just curious. ]
And that is unsurprising, given that I've been living with you for a few weeks. [ But since this came up in trial... ] I owe you an apology, for suspecting you earlier.
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I could tell Merlin had some demon in him, too, before he died.
[Surprise.
A glance is given to Xiao, brief but hard to read.]
...It's okay. Even I wasn't sure at some point. Saying that it didn't feel right wasn't much of an excuse.
I'm lucky, I guess.
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Merlin was a what?!
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He said he wasn't a human or a demon. But he smelled like both to me. Incubus.
His blood tasted like it at his scene of death, too. It's how I knew it was him, and not someone else who might have been bleeding there.
[Not that that ended up mattering much.]
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...I see.
[ He won't press further, though. He can't claim he isn't curious, but he's also having a hard time thinking about Merlin, given everything that's just happened. ]
I had my doubts. The crime seemed quite meticulous – too meticulous for your demon form to have carried out.
[ It's not meant to be an insult, but. Welp. ]
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If it was bad enough that I couldn't remember parts of it, then I definitely wouldn't have had the self-control to set things up.