There's- [christ, how to explain the insane magic in his world] there are these magical... artefacts which you chant incantations to in order to make them.. do stuff? One of them is called the Decay Incantation, and it pretty much kills everything with a certain radius of the chanter. She used that on the Kingdom. It's not a fun way to die. One of the other incantations is called the Healing Incantation, which can heal anything and bring back the dead. Which is... why I'm still here, honestly.

[He tries not to think about it too hard. It's pretty depressing.]

Ah. That can be a problem when all you have to go on is an ancient text. Things tend to get...lost in translation.

[He definitely feels Paimon's grip on Peter tighten, and takes a step back. He doesn't look afraid though, he just looks defiant and angry. He...kind of likes Peter and it's deeply unfair that this is happening to him. That tangled with his emotions towards Cassandra and Zhan Tiri and...well, he's about done being scared of demons. If he needs to fight his way out of this, he will.

Luckily, he doesn't have to. Peter gets a hold of the situation and when he slumps on the house, Varian shifts a little closer, his anger replaced with genuine concern.]

...Are you okay?