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Started February 23, 2018 by @_sleeby_rat_

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"Don't you yell at me!" Pluto snapped, pointing her finger in Asura's face. "I don't consume humans, I don't think I even could if I wanted to!"

Mike, who'd been watching silently all this time, now stepped forward. "Hey, easy. We were going to get rid of Zoe because she's a confirmed killer. We didn't know anything else at that point. Pluto, you shoulda mentioned you had the same issue, we could have talked it through as a group. And Asura, you're unreasonably defending a criminal at the moment. Why is that?" He jerked his head at Zoe. "Take a closer look at her. Notice anything?"

"Listen, if I don't eat her soul or some other demon as strong as her soon, I…I don't know what'll happen and I don't wanna find out."

"Okay, good to know. How long do you think you have?"

Pluto looked down at her feet. "Maybe um. Maybe a month? This is only the second time I've had to do this."

"A month? Jeez, that's plenty of time. Once we're through here, ask Asura to summon a demon from my planet, they're plenty powerful and no one cares about them."

"I will do no such thing," Asura said, glaring. "Not without a good reason first."

She ran a hand through her hair. "That's the problem! I would have hopped to another dimension to kill a demon from there, but this dimension's gates have almost all collapsed and I can't find a single working one left!"

Mike took a deep breath. "Okay, look. We can figure this out later. Right now we have to figure out what to do with the demon-eater. I'm surprised she's still here right now."

Right, the demon eater. Gods I can still see her soul, Pluto thought. For some reason she couldn't get her normal vision to come back, and it was bothering her

Zoe jumped a bit, looking at Mike. "Well, it's not like I can really go anywhere. If I tried anything now, there's no way I'd survive. So I'd rather not." She looked down at her hands. The soft aura was much dimmer than usual. Barely visible. She needed to eat.

"Then stay put and don't speak unless spoken to, thanks." Turning back to Asura Mike added. "Seriously, I'm asking you. Don't you see there's something odd about her?"

"Oh my gods, I think you're related! You have the same aura!" Pluto exclaimed with sudden realization

Asura jumped, turning to look at Zoe, who was wide eyed and looking down at her hands. He scanned her. They did have the same aura, but hers was weaker, and her eyes were… green. Like Milo's. He shook his head and turned back to Pluto and Mike. "No. That's impossible, I can't have kids, and I know she's not a sibling or niece."

"Are you sure? Because her soul says otherwise." Pluto squinted at Zoe, then at Asura. Something seemed to be the same in both of them that she couldn't quite place

Mike shrugged. "I've been told that souls don't lie. Maybe something happened that you never found out about."

"Maybe magic or something?" Pluto suggested

He scoffed. "There's no way. First of all, I'm gay," he said. "I thought that was very clear. Second, even if I wasn't, I can't have children. It's just not possible." He looked back at her, and her eyes seemed a little bit greener. He pushed the image of Milo out of his head.

"Well, why don't we ask the girl?" Mike glanced at Zoe. "Do you know who your parents are?"

"Well, did your gayness happen to touch a warlock or something?"

He turned toward PLuto. "That's absolutely none of your business," he said, voice raised slightly.

Zoe shook her head at Mike. "No idea. I remember that for a few years, a woman tried to take care of me, but she couldn't handle it, I guess."

"Well it might be our business if this thing," she pointed at Zoe, "happens to be your kid!"

"Sheesh. I had no idea I was walking into some kind of scandal when I signed up for this. Do DNA tests work on magical beings?"

"She's not my kid!" He said, doubting himself a little bit.

Zoe looked at Asura, sighing. "No, not that I know of. I think the only person that would be able to really tell would be a warlock."

"Hell if I know."