"What will -- no... no, no, no, no...". Val's voice melted into a faint whimper. "No... Not from you... no...". A trembling sob, then a deep breath. "...Please tell me honestly, clearly, and completely. What... what are you afraid I will do?".

Adrien snapped upright. He didn't want to say these things out loud, but Val had asked, and he wouldn't leave him without an answer. "Do you... do demons not... do demons not kill...?".

"No", Val replied. "No, no, never -- that's a lie, that's -- that's not true", he gasped, pained urgency in his voice.

"But -- but I saw you being summoned...".

"That's not what happens in a summoning", was Val's reply. "Humans summon us for pleasure, or for whatever else is established in a contract... We ignite human pleasure into our lifeforce. Once the contract is fulfilled, a demon and a summoner simply part ways... We don't kill -- that is a lie...".