Fifth Floor Common Room [evening]

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Rilla, after coming back from days of not remembering a thing, the horror, decided that an excellent way to make herself--and possibly the rest of the student body, judging by the pile of cookies stacking up nearby--feel better was to bake.

If only Rilla were better at baking.

Fortunately, another wicker basket from home was taking up most of a table and it was packed to the brim with moddable baked goods from Prince Edward Island. And those were guaranteed to be delicious.

Rilla's attempt at shortbread....not so much.

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[trigons_child]

"Rilla," Raven said gently, "he is not the same as the Satan those of this world commonly believe in." No, that was her father.

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"He has the same name," Rilla sniffed, "so obviously he can't be from a very good family."

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"You should not judge someone because of their name or who they might be related do," Raven said, trying not to start to take this personally. Her heritage wasn't exactly a secret anymore, but no one had had a bad reaction to it, so far.

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"Nice people don't name their children You-Know-What," Rilla declared.

They name them normal things, like Jem and Shirley and Bertie Shakespeare.

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"Karla is not from this world," Raven said. "Her culture is not the same as it is in your world." She hesitated a moment, then decided to test the waters, as it were. "Demons are not the same in her world as they are in this one."

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Rilla snorted in a very lady-like way. Really.

"Demons are demons."

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Raven flinched. "I am sorry you believe that," she said softly.

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"I'm a Presbyterian," Rilla said. "I've read the Bible."

Well, skimmed, anyway.

[trigons_child]

"Then you must dislike me as well," Raven said. "Even more so than whatever you feel about Karla."

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"Why?" Rilla asked cautiously.

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"Because I am a demon," Raven said. She braced herself for Rilla's reaction. Or possible hysterics. Or both.

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"YOU'RE A WHAT?!"

Oh, very decorous, Rilla.

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"Half," Raven said quietly. "My mother was human. My father...was not."

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Rilla turned very, very pale. "Are you here to damn me to...you know where?"

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"Of course not!" Raven said sharply. "I am a pacifist. I would never willingly cause harm to another."

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Rilla totally knew what pacifist meant. Really.

"I didn't know you came from the West."

Fine, Rilla had no idea what pacifist meant.

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"I do not," Raven said, confused. "I come from Azarath."

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"Is that closer to Toronto, then?"

Stop babbling at the half-demon, Rilla.

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Raven shook her head. "No, it lies between dimensions. It is not part of this world, though many of its inhabitants originally came from Earth."

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At the "between dimensions," Rilla's brain just shut down. "Oh," she said, using a smile she'd pull out for the more doddering members of the Ladies' Aid. "How lovely."

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"Oh, it is," Raven said, because that smile would hardly stop her. "It is a place of great peace and beauty." Well, assuming they'd rebuilt what Trigon's demons had destroyed.

"But I hope you do not hold my heritage against me," she added gently.

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"I will pray very faithfully for you," Rilla replied earnestly.

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"I do not mind prayer," Raven said brightly. "I do that myself, for guidance and strength. So thank you."