Bran just looked into the demon's eyes, no, Alek's eyes now, and retorted, "You are, which is why I'm doing this." The attempt to guilt Bran wouldn't work since he'd done this to his own daughter several times and he knew it wouldn't really hurt Alek, just make him eventually pass out and they could figure out where to go from there. "You can fight this, Alek," he growled through clinched teeth.<br/><br/>Æsc laughed and nodded, "Probably, but the statement still stands, only because of you, because only you were ever able to amplify it."