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Ash smiled back with a cheesy grin that almost looked comical. 

"Eric don't be so hard on yourself." Ash said gently "You're perfectly fine now and whatever form you take will also be beautiful. After all, Mrs. Mabel said our demon form is the true form of our soul. This means all the good and bad manifested physically I assume. And somebody with as much good as you have in you couldn't possibly be ugly in your soul. You've forgiven people for things that are just evil, and been nothing but nice since you got here. If your body is truly taking your soul's true form its beauty must be blinding."

Ash turned on the cot and sat on the edge, feet on the floor, eyes straight ahead looking into Eric's eyes.

"I find when faced with a challenge it is best to focus on the end result. In this case we will be full on demons, beings of eternity. Imagine what it will be like to live so long. Think about the people we will meet, and the adventure that means for us. We get to talk to people that can tell us first hand about Rome, Egypt and ancient China. People that have wisdom we as humans could only dream of accessing. And we have all the time in the world to do what we want to do. This is just a blink of an eye compared to the adventure that awaits us after this, and I'll be here for that whole blink. Going through it with you." Ash extended out his right pinky to offer it in a pinky swear "I promise to stay with you for this whole mess, as long as you need me. Even if Mrs. Mabel tries to drag me out of here."

Ash smiled widely with his crooked grin and nodded his head towards his extended pinky. Eric was a good friend after all they had been through thus far, and Ash's loving nature refused to allow a friend to suffer without him there for support.

"If you accept me for who I am and what I am becoming I promise to accept you for who you are and whatever you are becoming."