"Would you allow a plague to wipe out your own species if you could prevent it?" Illania replied, quivering as she shook her head. "That...that is what I see it as. A plague that affects body and mind alike. I will never willingly accept it, as much as I fear the pain. And I would not have denied myself pleasure for my entire life. Just until I found the right person whom I wished to share my life with. And now...now I never will."<br/><br/>She swallowed hard and looked up at the demon, despair in her eyes as she shook her head. "D-do what you will. But I will not give in. You may as well do what you were doing before."