â   Ok well like 300 years older?  â Rin asked since he never really knew how old his other sibling was as he never had the chance to ask. Since the demon didnât seem to be looking for a fight, for now, Rin decided to sedate his curiosity. Whenever he heard how the demon siblings treated one another Rin could help but laugh, â   So it ainât just âcuz Iâm part human huh? Well, it ainât like I expected yâall to like meet up for Sunday dinner and shit like that. I just didnât expect brotherly love to be almost killing one another that shit ainât something I signed up for.  â Not like he signed up for anything as he was forced into the exorcist world with the death of his father, by his actual father who was number 1 asshole in Rinâs list. â   I got another question yâall actually related to Satan or yâall just call him father cuz heâs the strongest? cuz none of yâall look alike.  â
âHonestly, the half human bit might be part of why theyâre so aggressive. But it isnât all of it. Thereâs the fact that none of us really know what you can do. We grew up together more or less. Weâre well acquainted with each otherâs powers. Youâre a wild card, so of course the more competitive sides of our brothers would want to know how well you can hold your own. And they might push you a little harder because you are half human, whether out of prejudice or just to make sure you can keep up. Thereâs also probably an amount of jealousy. You were the only one to inherit Satanâs prized flames after all. And, as I said, thereâs a cultural difference. The way demons interact with each other is very different from what you are probably expecting, being raised in such a human way.â
âTruth be told, that question is hard to answer. Time is hard for a lot of demons to conceptualize the way that humans do. Demons close to Samael, like myself and our brothers, especially so. It sort of loses itâs meaning when big brother is always twisting and turning it every which way. Though I can say for a fact itâs older than that. Amaimonâs vessel was acquired over a thousand years ago and I was at least toddling by the time he came to Assiah for his first visit.âÂ
The white haired demon shrugged slightly, retrieving a bag of candies from his pocket. He popped a handful into his mouth before wordlessly offering some to the other.Â
âYouâre in that exorcist school, right? Havenât they taught you anything actually about demons instead of just how to get rid of them? Well, I suppose it would be far fetched to think many humans would take the time to learn anything about our culture but I would think that at least our physiology. Especially with Samael having a hand in it. Though I suppose he doesnât really teach, does he?â
He shook his head, apparently realizing he had gone off tract from the boyâs questions.Â
âThat question also is a complicated one. What do you mean by related? Because that means a much different thing to demons than it does to humans. And why we look different is a whole different question in and of itself.Â
If you are asking if we're all born to him, the way you and your brother were, I can say that I was. Satan is my father biologically, and my mother is one of his concubines. If the others were born that way then Iâd suspect that we were all born from different concubines and that is one explanation of why we might all look different. Though honestly, it might not be that either because demons donât have DNA the way humans do, so the passing down of traits is a bit less straightforward.Â
Though not all demons are born in that sense. In fact quite a lot arenât. It is possible to create a demon from almost anything with the right conditions. Itâs been speculated, behind closed doors and all, that Lucifer was created solely from Satan. Pure light energy shaped and given form to the demon we know today. Iâve also heard that some of our brothers were snatched up as babes because of their latent powers and groomed by our father. Though, whoâs to say what is true, and what is just maidsâ gossip?Â
What I will say though, in terms of our being ârelatedâ to Satan, is that we all share some modicum of his power. As a demon I feel that is a more intimate type of relation than the idea of being born from someone is. It manifests differently in each of us, but we all have some tiny piece of his power. Like I said before, your blue flames are your piece. Thatâs why youâll meet those who will count you as Satanâs son but deny your brother even though you are twins. They donât care for the circumstances of your birth. Only that you inherited from him, and Yukio did not.Â
In the end, itâs rare to find a demon âfamilyâ and much rarer to find one all by the same progeny. We just don't have the same bonding patterns that humans do, and most of our âfamiliesâ are ones we choose ourselves.Â
As to why we all look different, thereâs the theory with the different mothers to start. And if one of our brothers was simply created his features would likely take on characteristics of whatever type of demon he is. Remember that each of Satanâs sons is a fundamentally different type of demon. I am pale and lithe, that reflects the fact I am a spirit demon. On the other hand Lucifer has much more bright and vibrant colors, shining gold hair and emerald green eyes. Exactly what youâd expect from the shimmering kingdom of Light.Â
And to top it off, well, you do recall that demons need to take a vessel of some kind in this world, donât you? That certainly affects how we all look when were here. There has to be a certain... weâll say resemblance for lack of a better word in order to make a meaningful bond and stay for long periods in a vessel, but in a pinch you can kind of shove your way into anything. You just run the risk of it rejecting you and being destroyed. And I havenât even gotten into what we look like in a more true form rather than shifted to appear more like humans, but well, I donât wanna chatter your ear off.âÂ