Chapter 51
Denver didn't particularly get along with Caleb. Caleb seemed very much a hardliner. Denver liked to volunteer at Anne's homeless shelter, but Caleb looked down on them. Still, Caleb was rumored to have some experiences with exorcisms, which neither Giles nor Denver had. So Denver swallowed his pride and asked Caleb for help. It became clear during their conversation that Caleb had become discouraged and cynical from numerous failures.
Denver: We're performing an exorcism on a teenage girl. We could use your help.
Caleb: My advice, possession is always to a certain degree voluntary. They give up, let the demons into them. That's why girls, being more fickle by nature, are more likely to be possessed than men.
Denver: So how do we get the demons out?
Caleb: Can't save people who don't want to be saved. My recommendation is don't get involved.
Denver: It's our job to help people.
Caleb: Like those trash at the shelter.
Denver: They are human beings, children.
Caleb: They had their chance. They choose to sell their bodies, drugs, or beg like dogs. They chose to steal from decent people.
Denver: Christ didn't come to call the rightous. He came to call sinners to repent.
Caleb: Well I'm not Christ. I don't help people who don't deserve it. I advised you to stay out of it. Take it or leave it.