AN/ I have seen Nathaniel angst, Bartimaeus angst, Kitty angst, and even a Jane angst. But where is Faquarl? Ah well, I guess that's my job then.

I hate you Bartimaeus, I really do. I wish you nothing but ill will, and the same for that damned magician whose body you are in.

That damned magician...Isn't he the one who kept you on this Earth until your essence wore away, until you were reduced to a slimy piece of mess? Now the pair of you have formed some kind of bond or something. How sweet.

But this wasn't the first time, was it, like I told you. There was that boy from Alexandria, you had collaborated with him too. Maybe not physically like now, but emotionally, spiritually, you were friends with him.

Still it is rather impressive of how easily you can be dismissed. I would never put myself in a position like that. I have been under the receiving end of pain for far too long. I would never be able to trust a human.

Yes, you choose the standard cycle of things, eh? To be in an eternity of pain with occasional breaks back to the Other Place. A place you don't have to think, feel, or do anything. Humans despise the concept, but we know truly good that really is.

You called me a traitor for devouring this man's mind. For destroying all access of the Other Place. You must understand it was absolutely necessary. It was something I had to do. My essence has a dull itch, and it'll stay here until I die. (Which will be shortly, one way or another.)

Both of us only do what we have to do. This is no different from when we were under our master's whims, is this?

You are doing what you are doing. But I know, deep down, somewhere is the part of you that would kill without mercy. You are still doing this, but I was talking about these horrible creatures called humans.

And deep down, I regret never being able to go back into that peace of the Other place ever again. You said we used to never have a purpose before humans. Well, after being dragged into their bidding countless of times, you develop it. It's inevitable. You made a purpose too. You have teamed up with this boy, have you not?

So this is how it ends does this? I slaughter at one of the hands of my own kind, whom in general I was trying to help. And...in the future, sometime, I don't know when or where it'll be, you will leave both Earth and the Other Place too, in death. That also will be in the hands of some kind of human, judging by you and your personality, whom you are trying to help now.

I'll be waiting for you Bartimaeus, long time enemy and ally.

I opened my mouth and spoke to him my last words.

"Your discovery is remarkable. But it comes too late for me."

That pretty much sums it up. I don't need to say anything else. I know all of this, and I know so do you.

A stab of pure white light, it vanished all traces ofanother dijinnifrom the world.

This one shot took forever. I started out wondering where Iwas going to start this since it had started being astory that was soley only his thoughts. It then justwrote outthe whole conversation that took place between Bartimaeus and Faquarl and placing his thoughts here and there. And once I was almost finished, I decided to write it in this way with only one line of actual words being said. It was hard work writing this, the best you can do is review.