[Console | Video]

[spoilsfun]

This is ridiculous!

[There is a small boy scowling up into the console's video feed with a highly offended expression on his face. Not that it was easy to see that much. Even standing on a stool he is barely tall enough to reach the console.]

There can't be a turtle that big. If it was real it would be completely violating the square-cube law. Even presuming that it was possible for a turtle to grow this big, a biological creature cannot scale up like this. The larger an animal grows, the less its proportional muscle strength. According to that law, this turtle shouldn't even be able to move and there should be severe problems with its cardiovascular and respiratory functions. Even if we factor in the exception for buoyancy in sea creatures, this is still far too big. How is it possible for this to exist?

[Belatedly, he realizes that had been just a tiny bit advanced for an ordinary seven-year-old. He hastily pastes on a bright childish smile.]

I saw a program about it on television once! It was really interesting.

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[redfiend]

Well, no, but I wouldn't put a lot of faith they're the exact same either. Trust me, I had a hard time believing it and I come from a world where demons exist.

[And he's one himself, though he won't tell this guy yet.]

[spoilsfun]

Demons? Really?

[He was having a really hard time taking any of this at face value. He'd cultivated his skeptic tendencies too much for that. ]

[redfiend]

Yup. Even fought the Demon King a few years ago. Went into a creepy, probably haunted castle to do so, though.

[His tone doesn't sound like it's that believable, but it did happen to him.]

[spoilsfun]

[He doesn't believe that at all. ]

How are you sure it was actually a demon king?

[redfiend]

Because in my world, he's the ruler of the Demon World. It's a pretty grotesque place, but a human can't enter it on their own. They need to go through rituals to do so. That being said, they normally don't do it unless they want demonic power for something -- greed, power, the usual.

[Trust him, he's seen it one too many times.]

[spoilsfun]

[None of that sounded even the slightest bit believable.]

So you're saying demons exist in your world?

[redfiend]

Yup. Not every world is the same, after all. I mean, think about where you are right now. That's not your normal nor is my normal. While I was skeptical about it, I already come from a weird place.

Guess that's why I'm getting use to it all right?

[Dante shrugs like he isn't quite sure.]

Who knows?