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Demonic field manual

What a legion is worth, how many there really are, the seven field classes — and why expelling is not killing.

A demon is described the way a dangerous animal is described, not the way a nightmare is. Size, weight, speed, what it eats, how long it lasts, what gets through its skin.

The horror comes from knowing too much, not too little. A corporal who knows the thing weighs two hundred kilos is more frightened, not less.


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