Drabble Post - Logical Fallacy (AnE)
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kristenskThis idea just hit me out of the blue last week. So, here are some thoughts - in fic form, of course - on episode 18 of the AnE anime.
Logical Fallacy
Konekomaru didn’t want to remember being possessed by the Gufu. Didn’t want to remember the sensation of spectral talons curling around his heart, of sibilant whispers filling his mind.
But, he was an exorcist, and what he wanted wasn’t important. He needed to remember. To analyze. To understand.
So, he fought past the fear to record every whisper. It took a week. A week of painful stops and more painful starts. But, when he finished, the depth of the demon’s lies was finally clear.
Some he already knew. Protect his friends? Only until the demon could poison his heart against them.
But, there was one lie he almost missed. Because it wasn’t any single thing the Gufu had said. It was everything.
“If you had my power, you wouldn’t have to fear the son of Satan.”
The Gufu was a mid-level demon. Dangerous, intelligent, and ruled by its hunger for negative emotions. But, hunger didn’t override survival.
A mid-level demon defeat Satan’s son?
The Gufu wouldn’t have even tried if it hadn’t realized the truth Konekomaru had refused to see.
The demon couldn’t give him the strength to over-power Okumura. But, Okumura could. If he refused to fight a friend.
Author's Note: Of course, Egin and his followers also seem to be relying on Rin's good nature when they march him up to be executed with only handcuffs for restraints. Rin had already learned to set things on fire with his mind without unsheathing his sword episodes earlier. But, I suspect Egin was just that over-confident.
Logical Fallacy
Konekomaru didn’t want to remember being possessed by the Gufu. Didn’t want to remember the sensation of spectral talons curling around his heart, of sibilant whispers filling his mind.
But, he was an exorcist, and what he wanted wasn’t important. He needed to remember. To analyze. To understand.
So, he fought past the fear to record every whisper. It took a week. A week of painful stops and more painful starts. But, when he finished, the depth of the demon’s lies was finally clear.
Some he already knew. Protect his friends? Only until the demon could poison his heart against them.
But, there was one lie he almost missed. Because it wasn’t any single thing the Gufu had said. It was everything.
“If you had my power, you wouldn’t have to fear the son of Satan.”
The Gufu was a mid-level demon. Dangerous, intelligent, and ruled by its hunger for negative emotions. But, hunger didn’t override survival.
A mid-level demon defeat Satan’s son?
The Gufu wouldn’t have even tried if it hadn’t realized the truth Konekomaru had refused to see.
The demon couldn’t give him the strength to over-power Okumura. But, Okumura could. If he refused to fight a friend.
Author's Note: Of course, Egin and his followers also seem to be relying on Rin's good nature when they march him up to be executed with only handcuffs for restraints. Rin had already learned to set things on fire with his mind without unsheathing his sword episodes earlier. But, I suspect Egin was just that over-confident.
