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"--and atteerous experiments that are alet stronger! Yes! Cut off your nose to spite your face, war o doith you There are those ould prefer a fighting chance!" And thedown
Daisy and I julared at each other And I juet another
"How are ghosts more powerful than demons?" I asked Because if it was true, I really needed to have a chat with Billy Joe
Roger sentBut after a , they’re less vulnerable Take the colonel Do you see a control gem in his forehead?"
"He doesn’t have a forehead," Daisy said, looking disapproving "Doesn’t even have a head--"
"I have a head, wonantly
"I meant on your new body"
"So did I! The whole point was to leave ’em eo!"
"But nobody sees our heads," Daisy pointed out "And they look soodd"
"They’re not the only thing odd around here"
"My point," Roger said, talking over them, "was that the colonel doesn’t have to worry about so a scroll out of his h since it’s usually open," Daisy put in
"--or any of the other typical ways of iole theets totaled, but you walk away"
"Can’t a de to coolem--its prison, essentially--is destroyed, its sentence is over And it doesn’t usually waste any tiettestywith its former lowered at hier’s account was pretty accurate He enjoyed an argument even when he liked soer
"And then there’s the way they feed," Roger continued, oblivious "Ghosts and demons are both spirits, yes?"
"Well, so off living energy"
I nodded
"The difference is that demons can only hold so much They’re like humans that way, or vampires They feed to satisfy their current needs, and to store up power for later And, of course, with the elder dee But even they have lihosts"
"What about ghosts?"
"They’re eternal sponges: they never get full You can feed them and feed them and feed them, and they justsoak it up"
Daisy nodded her substitute for a head, and the eyelash fell off again
I frowned "How do you know? No ghost has access to that kind of power" For h energy to keep going, not in seeing how much they could store up
"They do if someone provides it"
"But ould anyone--"
"You’reindestructible soldiers!" Pritkin accused
I looked at hier Who seeether But he shook his head
"Not indestructible You discovered that ned for coht circumstances But that isn’t really the issue"