Carl stepped through the portal through which Danielle had absconded with Lydia, finding himself in a deserted region of Faylorn, backed by the familiar crackling of the portal closing.
"Carl, out!"
"Like hell I'm leaving Danielle! I'm sorry if this isn't what you guys wanted, but she just nearly worked all the hospital staff to death, I want to make sure she can be herself."
"Don't be stupid Carl, no one is just going to accept a demon walking about!"
"You're the stupid one, we have plenty of things worse than a diluted demon running about. This isn't the committee anymore, she doesn't need to worry about acceptance, did you all forget about the fact Grandma walks about, not to mention the new vampires, the dragons, Majesty?"
"This is different Carl!"
