I have two demons; one inside and one out. I've grown up with both but I didn't realize the outer one was there until recently, always there, creeping, waiting, watching. They're slightly different but still both demons, the two, and I question which one is stronger, both stronger than me, but which can I master. The inner demon, I think. It's weaker. Sometimes I feel it slip inside me and I can almost control the power it looses from time to time, but it can claw its own way to the surface and pummel me deep into the recesses of myself. The other demon, outside, I think it can undo that work and draw me back up here where I can breath again. But it doesn't use its claws; they're always busy poking and prodding. It's still the strongest of us three, or two if the inner and I count as one. I'm not sure how to even begin to master the outer demon, though I could try brute force and maybe win. I can tell though, that won't work. Mastering outer requires subtlety and that's my weak point, brains that can concoct a means to make this demon approachable. Because its claws are always busy, gouging and ripping. At they're owner. And I don't know if I can lick the wounds. But maybe demons are just better in company.