Gateway
Satan stares at the gateway from time to time. His eyes are vacant, lost in another place. What he sees isn't what the others see; the gateway to him isn't a harbinger of good fortune to the seven sins. What he sees isn't the death of humans by way of possession, the sight of exorcists exorcising demons from human vessels.
What he sees is nothing-nothing extraordinary, at least. His distant aquamarine eyes hold no pity or adoration. He feels no contempt for the spiteful humans nor pride in the good ones. He sees before him what is literal-it's merely a gateway, a rite of passage between two separate worlds. Whether it was opened willingly or not, the guards still stood there, gargoyles watching over the boarder between realms. Immigrant demons traveling from one end to the other, demons that would be better off in Assiah than they were here, at home, in Gehenna. Demons filled with hope, pride, and aspirations.
Once upon a time, Satan had felt the same way about this gateway, but now he realized that he had been too optimistic. These Others were too optimistic. Skeptics were pessimistic, always trying to convince others that this wasn't the promised land. It was just another Hell in its own right.
Satan now took neither side, instead opting for the median. He evaluated the problem, spoke on behalf of the Good and of the Bad, and took the time to consider. He was no longer a pessimist or an optimist. To seclude himself to one or the other would delude himself from the bigger picture. And frankly he would rather see the hole photograph in all its pristine glory rather than focus on a piece of fabric and think he knew what the bigger picture was.
Once idealistic, he now stood there and watched the gateway, a changed demon from what he once was before. He smiled: He saw the bigger picture.
Based in part on a quote I saw on Tumblr, which basically says: Don't seclude yourself to being either a pessimist or an optimist-instead consider and evaluate both sides.
So... yeah. Another short chapter, but whatever.
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