She shifts from one foot to the other, and her eyes go back to the floor. This is the part that implicates her.
"He tests their weaknesses, makes them paranoid, worries them. With plain people, that's all we did. I mean, it's hardly worth the effort to summon a demon for plain people. There's no contest. It's too easy."
This will indicate to Sherlock that he has not been considered a "plain person". He's been a special case from the first.
"But tormenting stupid jocks with nightmare visions, stabbing pains, that sort of thing..." She uncuffs and then recuffs one sleeve. "That was fun."
Tom isn't the only one who enjoys power and control over others.
"If it was a magic user, though, we'd start with a demon. We'd summon it, send it on its errand, and then destroy it when it came back for payment. No one ever got away before. We used demons because so many people get killed by them here, and no one questions it. Except maybe the Slayer, and we've stayed way under her radar."
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"He tests their weaknesses, makes them paranoid, worries them. With plain people, that's all we did. I mean, it's hardly worth the effort to summon a demon for plain people. There's no contest. It's too easy."
This will indicate to Sherlock that he has not been considered a "plain person". He's been a special case from the first.
"But tormenting stupid jocks with nightmare visions, stabbing pains, that sort of thing..." She uncuffs and then recuffs one sleeve. "That was fun."
Tom isn't the only one who enjoys power and control over others.
"If it was a magic user, though, we'd start with a demon. We'd summon it, send it on its errand, and then destroy it when it came back for payment. No one ever got away before. We used demons because so many people get killed by them here, and no one questions it. Except maybe the Slayer, and we've stayed way under her radar."