Early the next morning, in the Halliwell attic:
"Ow," Mr. Trenchcoat blurted out. He was crumpled between a grouping of large crystals.
"How goes the interrogation?" Phoebe asked sleepily. Paige leaned against the Book of Shadows' stand. She threw another spell in the demon's direction. To which he responded with the same screams and yowls.
"Not," yawns, "particularly well," Paige responded. "Although he is keeping with his story"
"Which is?"
"Ask him yourself."
Phoebe walked over to the demon.
"Who the hell are you?"
"I AmCorthion," the demon stuttered out. "I am a White Knight awaiting the orders of my mistress. He let out a burst of air.
"Let him recover," Paige insisted," it gets better."
"What's the Book have to say?" Phoebe inquired.
"No mention of our Friend here, but," Paige returned "this is not a demon weapon.
"Where did you get this?" Phoebe asked with an annoyed tone, holding the dagger.
"From here," he said sarcastically, pulling a scabbard from his coat. " I won't hurt you. I just wanted a few diet cokes I didn't go looking for trouble.
"And yet here we are," the two sisters said at the same time.
"Jinx," Phoebe replied
"Damn I owe you a coke," Paige responded repressing a laugh.
"Let me out and I will get you both cokes," Corthion begged.
"Come on, let him out he's got a trustworthy face," Phoebe joked.
"I don't know," Paige countered with mock concern, "We should get a second opinion. Chris!" The young looking White lighter appeared in a shower of purple-white globes.
"What you need?" he asked looking about curiously.
"Who is that charming fellow?" Paige inquired.
"That," getting a good look at the White Knight, is Corthion. In my future he owes me a favor.
"That sounds like me," the demon let out.
Phoebe looked down quizzically at him. "Can we trust him?"
Chris rubbed his chin. Does this Corthion have a tanto?
"A tanto? What is that like a vestigial tail?" Paige queried.
"It's a dagger. The kind Samurai used to carry. The Corthion I met" he paused and made his way to the Book of Shadows' stand, " had one just like this." He took the weapon from Phoebe's hand. He placed it on the stand. The Book of Shadows scooched a few millimeters, but no one noticed. "Yeah you can trust him."