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[xeidra]

His Dark Materials Meme

Daemons are, in essence, a person's soul in an animal's body. This animal is of the opposite sex (in almost all cases) and its shape is representative of their human's personality, both obvious and repressed traits. Young children, before reaching adulthood, have daemons who change into other animals at will because their

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Shikamaru Nara | Naruto

[underachieves]

Shikamaru's daemon, Sei, is a petite sika doe. She is a slender thing, fragile in appearance, and stands no taller than three feet. Her fur is more silver than brown, her eyes wide and black and alert. She rarely speaks, but when she does, her voice is low and smooth.

[underachieves]

Just hate repeating myself. Told you, I didn't miss anything.

[mentis_reae]

You were decidedly reticent upon first being interviewed.

[underachieves]

[Sei turns a steady gaze to Edgeworth. Shikamaru fixes on him, too, ignoring the cigarette for now. But he doesn't answer, because there's a second part to that statement and he's waiting for Edgeworth to say it.]

[mentis_reae]

[So he asks it.]

Are you afraid?

[underachieves]

No.

[Sei looks away, but Shikamaru doesn't.]

[mentis_reae]

[Lucia stands and pads over to Sei. She sniffs her almost gently, then sits and looks up at her, her eyes steady. Edgeworth watches this a moment, then looks back to Shikamaru.]

You've surmised that organized crime is involved in this.

[underachieves]

[Sei flicks an ear and takes a step backwards, unnerved. Shikamaru takes another drag.]

And?

[mentis_reae]

[Lucia takes another step forward, then again sits and looks up. She's talking to the doe when she speaks. Her voice is soft and girlish.]

Everyone will be safe. We'll keep them safe. I promise.

[underachieves]

[Sei continues to back up, lowering her head.]

You cannot promise that. The circumstances are out of your control.

[Shikamaru is watching them, now, and he taps the ashes of his cigarette onto the floor.]

[mentis_reae]

No.

[The beagle half-stands and then settles down again, adjusting her paws in a stubborn sort of way.]

We'll protect everyone and help everyone. That's what we do. Whatever it takes -

[Edgeworth grimaces, embarrassed by his daemon's idealistic and earnest speech.]

Lucia, stop that.