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To be human, Jervil realized, meant to lack an awareness of self. Just like with the worms and rats his other fragments had possessed, people fought a daily struggle against death and non-existence, but where the lesser creatures' self awareness ended at that struggle, human beings' awareness began with it. As a result, humans were constantly seeking in their world for evidence of their own selves, reflections of who and what they were. They adorned their environment, their bodies, and their minds with these symbols to constantly reassure themselves that they simply were and then to allow them some rest from that endless search.

Watching the young noblewoman on her journey through the city toward her new role, Jervil saw in Drea one who could perhaps see through those symbols to something deeper--he wondered if those symbols upon which she leaned were stripped away, what would be left behind? It was a question that was worth pursuing, if not with the new Magistrate, then perhaps with other subjects. And with Maladyne's legacy hanging in the balance, much work would need to be done.

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So, we'll spill a little more, and a little more, and a little more, and a little more, and a little more...

Drea was drawn using the references provided by an anonymous stock model, for which I'm very grateful.

Enjoy!

Note: Bookbinding and Demon's Due are a work of fantasy and fiction. The artist/creator in no way condones real mistreatment of this kind toward any woman or man, by living person, gremlin, plant, assassin, ratman, viscous fluid, programmed device, animated home furnishings, or otherworldly spiritual beings. Furthermore, the artist opposes the marginalizing and restriction of women in general by any institution, political and/or religious, including those which have individual women amongst their membership touting/promoting their own happiness within that institution as evidence that ALL women should feel the same way. This includes the religion I was raised in and which I have utterly discarded from my life over this and other issues.