Really, I think I've only just started to realize how badly I handled everything. I know they've started to hold things back from me in the last few months when they think I won't be able to cope. That wasn't the person I was meant to be. I've given them the impression I'm not to be trusted, not with secrets or with the truth, because I'll fly off the handle or decide to hate someone too much. I hold a long grudge, and I know my sister tried to paint my brother's girlfriend - well, his ex, now - in a better light than she deserved, because she was worried I'd alienate him. [A pause.] It's all so complicated, and now I'm not in the loop anymore. I've been shut out. My sister was sick, and she didn't tell me. Not for months. I had to find out myself. She told other people, but didn't tell me.
Luckily for you, I've no candy phalluses on hand. [...] It sounds as if the other reasons are mostly to prop up the middle one. It's a broad question to ask you, I know, but is there a demon in particular that you fear coming up against on your own?