[ Set’s acceptance gets Sebastian to scoff. It’s not dismissive, just amused that the god accepts his little threat so easily. He expects nothing else, in a way, but it’s delightful all the same.
However, it’s quickly forgotten as he takes stock of his prize instead. For as complex as Sebastian could be, he was remarkably simple in this. He’s a gourmand who takes in the taste of a soul as an experienced sommelier would their wine. It’s something new and exotic, a sort of soul he’s never tasted before and surely never will again (unless Set is so generous as to allow this more than once). It’s a soul that’s rich and heady in its greatness since it’s so much vaster than a simple, human soul. But he can still taste notes that are familiar all the same.
There are all those little notes of failings that are so much more human in nature. Resentment is a sweetness-tinged bitterness, wrath and anger are warm and tannic, and there’s that something that’s lovely indeed. That potential for evil is precisely what Sebastian wants to drink deeply of, to pull it out of people and see it bloom into a flavor all the more decadent. It had been an idle thought before, but now it deeply strikes him how much he would enjoy tempting Set into indulging into the potential he tastes here.
For the demon, though the experience is overall brief, it’s still pure, hedonistic pleasure.
There’s also a part of him that’s tempted to take advantage of Set’s bold trust and swallow him whole, but Sebastian is a demon that prides himself on his sophistication. His instincts want him to gorge himself on this soul so nearly in his maw, but his reason has him pulling back with a sigh that’s both regretful for having to pull away but also deeply satisfied for getting such a sample. His eyes flicker back up to Set’s, and his lips purse back into a mischievous smile.
Before he pulls away completely, he does bite at the skin around Set’s Shard. He’s still wearing his (mostly) human teeth, so it’s just a pinch of small fang that pierces the skin just enough to bleed. It’s like a cat playfully asserting its displeasure with a nip. ]
and it wasn't even something I put in there!!!
However, it’s quickly forgotten as he takes stock of his prize instead. For as complex as Sebastian could be, he was remarkably simple in this. He’s a gourmand who takes in the taste of a soul as an experienced sommelier would their wine. It’s something new and exotic, a sort of soul he’s never tasted before and surely never will again (unless Set is so generous as to allow this more than once). It’s a soul that’s rich and heady in its greatness since it’s so much vaster than a simple, human soul. But he can still taste notes that are familiar all the same.
There are all those little notes of failings that are so much more human in nature. Resentment is a sweetness-tinged bitterness, wrath and anger are warm and tannic, and there’s that something that’s lovely indeed. That potential for evil is precisely what Sebastian wants to drink deeply of, to pull it out of people and see it bloom into a flavor all the more decadent. It had been an idle thought before, but now it deeply strikes him how much he would enjoy tempting Set into indulging into the potential he tastes here.
For the demon, though the experience is overall brief, it’s still pure, hedonistic pleasure.
There’s also a part of him that’s tempted to take advantage of Set’s bold trust and swallow him whole, but Sebastian is a demon that prides himself on his sophistication. His instincts want him to gorge himself on this soul so nearly in his maw, but his reason has him pulling back with a sigh that’s both regretful for having to pull away but also deeply satisfied for getting such a sample. His eyes flicker back up to Set’s, and his lips purse back into a mischievous smile.
Before he pulls away completely, he does bite at the skin around Set’s Shard. He’s still wearing his (mostly) human teeth, so it’s just a pinch of small fang that pierces the skin just enough to bleed. It’s like a cat playfully asserting its displeasure with a nip. ]