HEY, SLEEPING BEAUTY! WAKE UP!
OH, WHAT?
GREAT, YOU'RE UP! JUST LIKE A KISS FROM PRINCE CHARMING.
DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF, CINDY.
OH HOW I MISSED YOU. YOU'VE BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE NOW. YOU HAD ME WORRIED.
HOW LONG?
DAYS, WEEKS MAYBE? ... I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. IT'S A MEASURE TOO SMALL FOR SOMEONE WHO'S GOT ETERNITY ON THEIR HANDS.
WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO ME NOW? IT WAS MORE PLEASANT BEFORE.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TIME. AND SINCE YOU WANT TO SURVIVE AND I WANT TO ACTUALLY LIVE FOREVER ...
YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU? WILL YOU LET ME SURFACE?
OH, NO WAY, PRINCESS! YOUR BIG MOUTH WOULD RATTLE EVERYTHING AND THEY WOULD EXORCISE ME INTO OBLIVION.
WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR?
I NEED YOU TO BREAK THE CIRCLE.
YOU KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT. EVERY TIME WE TOUCH THAT YOUR BLOOD IS BURNING.
I LET YOU USE YOUR HANDS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. NO TALKING, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT?
I CAN TRICK THE CIRCLE INTO THINKING A HUMAN IS DESTROYING IT.
WHY WOULD I LET YOU GO? WHY SHOULDN'T I LET THEM ERASE YOU?
THE MOMENT YOU DO THAT THEIR DAD DROPS DEAD. AND YOU HOLD HIM TOO DEAR TO DO THAT, WE BOTH KNOW THAT.
I'VE GOT CONDITIONS.
WAS COUNTING ON THAT. HIT ME!
YOU WON'T HURT THE BROTHERS, NOR BOBBY AND YOU LET THEIR DAD GO.
NA-AH, CAN'T DO THE DADDY PART. OR THE OTHER ONE. CHOOSE ONE ONLY.
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT FOR THE DAD?
SOUL FOR SOUL. I CAN'T SHOW UP AT MY BOSS' ONE SOUL TOO SHORT. I COULD DIE RIGHT HERE AS WELL.
THE BROTHERS. LET THEM GO.
THE THINGS I WOULD DO TO A SOUL LIKE YOURS! DEAL! START THE DIGGING, PRINCESS!
And then the demon shrunk out of Riley's brain. Just. Like. That.