Malaphor huffed, looking particularly sullen and frustrated. "There is no fixing. He dragged a hand across the map, over the deadlands. "Purgatory is no living world. Not like yours." There was no reason to hide his envy.
The demon slanted a look at the mortal girl, curious about her ... compassion, that was the word. "Your sun sheds life down ..." Malaphor's hands flexed as if he could grab it, "every moment of your life. Every swallow of water there is rich in life. The earth springs up green, even the air is alive."
"The sun here casts light and heat, enough to burn, but no life," Malaphor said, voice dropping. "Every life here is bought with another -- blood and flesh and power. Everything has to be paid for." He gave a dark chuckle. "Did you think anything would be free where monsters like myself are born?"
Two imps came back, fidgeting in the background -- afraid to interrupt, desperate to obey -- with armfuls of flame colored velvet. It was a long robe of burnt velvet, ranging from a sooty gray at the hem to an autumnal orange at the shoulders. Malaphor watched Ella put it on, gaze hooded and not (terribly) lustful for once.
The demon slanted a look at the mortal girl, curious about her ... compassion, that was the word. "Your sun sheds life down ..." Malaphor's hands flexed as if he could grab it, "every moment of your life. Every swallow of water there is rich in life. The earth springs up green, even the air is alive."
"The sun here casts light and heat, enough to burn, but no life," Malaphor said, voice dropping. "Every life here is bought with another -- blood and flesh and power. Everything has to be paid for." He gave a dark chuckle. "Did you think anything would be free where monsters like myself are born?"
Two imps came back, fidgeting in the background -- afraid to interrupt, desperate to obey -- with armfuls of flame colored velvet. It was a long robe of burnt velvet, ranging from a sooty gray at the hem to an autumnal orange at the shoulders. Malaphor watched Ella put it on, gaze hooded and not (terribly) lustful for once.