demon — Drabble Challenge Day 2
Emori, memori, canon complaint, drabble, rated T
Once she took the chip, finding John was easy. She doesn't care about the painless life or the City of Light—her John is here and safe, his desire firm against her body—everything she's done is worth it.
ALIE isn't the first or the worst demon Emori has worked with. She's like a child, figuring out the world and her place in it, why her creator left her. She appears before Emori in the fleimkepa's crypt, deciphering the generations-old paintings on the wall as John tells his version of the story.
Emori doesn't understand, but she lets herself believe.
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