"Hmm... A walk sounds nice," Andreas murmured, taking a sip of his wine. Saint returned shortly with the three troublemakers, bringing them out back.<br/><br/>"Excellent," Andreas said, setting down his book and glass and standing. "I'll go have some fun, then."<br/><br/>In the back yard, the three demons who'd been picking on his pet were gathered and bound. Andreas frowned at them. "Any idea why you're here?" he asked. They were silent, but defiance was in their eyes. "That wolf you picked on the other day, he's my pet. More importantly, though, I can't have imbeciles like you three causing trouble. If you're going to misbehave, do it where there aren't any humans watching. If you can't blend in, you'll have to go back to Hell. You don't want that, now, do you?"<br/><br/>At the mention of being sent back to Hell, the young demons looked frightened. In the human world, they were nearly at the top of the food chain. In Hell, they'd be eaten in a matter of days--weeks at best. Powerful, intelligent demons like Andreas lived good lives in the human world by establishing themselves, protecting humans from misfortune. When demons misbehaved and threatened that, threatened his lifestyle, that wasn't okay.<br/><br/>"Anyway," Andreas said, "I know I can lecture you for hours, but we really learn best in respect to pain, don't we?" he smirked, pulling a barbed wire whip out of a chest. The demon's protested, scooting away across the grass. That didn't slow their impending punishment in the least. The whip cracked at least thirty times, and blood stained the ground. One of the demons was defiant. He spat out blood at Andreas's feet and snarled: "What do you think you're doin'? This'll heal in a day. You only got power here because o' those human worms. S'ppose I killed 'em all, you'd be as down in the dirt as I am!"<br/><br/>Andreas held a hand up over his face, a wide smirk stretching his lips. He wanted nothing more than to go full-demon and slaughter this one. "See... that's exactly why you're in the dirt right now," Andreas said. "You don't know how to be civilized." Struggling desperately to hold on to his sanity, Andreas raised a boot and brought it down on the demon's face, crushing his skull against the dirt. He kicked the dead demon's body toward the other two. "So... Are you two going to behave in the future?" He could sense their defiance as they said nothing. "... I was hoping you'd say that," he said. The broke the neck of the second one, and crushed the chest of the third.<br/><br/>Andreas wound up the whip and put it back where it belonged, stepping back inside, his clothes splattered with the blood of the three demons. "Between whatever that farmer brings this afternoon and the meat out back, we should have enough food for a while," he said to Asalia. "Get them in the freezer. Then I'll need a bath..."