( At the least, Basil's heartbeat has slowed down. He feels more calm. Hesitantly, he begins to close the distance between them, yet his hands are folded in front of him once more. He's still so nervous. He feels like he needs to keep his guard up, but that's only natural. )

That--

I've heard that demons like to play around with humans in really mean ways. But, i-it's pretty unfair to think that they're all the same, too.

I'm just surprised, but... It's not all a bad surprise. You're not as scary as I thought you'd be.