[ He wants to believe her — and he does. Ruby has always genuinely been kind, and helpful, to him. He believes that she would go out of her way to help him here, especially if she has some similar experience with someone else.

...But that's where the fear lies. It would be better if she were afraid of him, and stayed away. It would be safer, and he can't help still trying to convince her that keeping distance from him is the better option. ]

It's okay. I'm... I'm not all on my own. Luna knows about it, and she's... [ ...She's made some big, awful sacrifice for him. Tied herself to this demon in order to help control it, but he can't bring himself to voice that aloud. He's also afraid that if Paimon is listening right now, there are certain things the demon might not want him sharing, and Paimon's.... very protective of Luna, apparently. ] ....she's helping me.

[ It... asked what she was? Peter's stunned at that. She's... well, human, isn't she? Though he supposes he can't know that for sure, and all of this still feels very over Peter's head. After a long moment of silence, he finally just asks it outright, but shyly. ]

Are you.... human? Maybe it could sense something.