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I know there are people who work with demons. But why would you want to? And no, before you ask, I'm not a fluffy "love-and-light" witch who shuns anything and everything to do with darkness. I don't see any foolishness in working with psychopomps or war deities, but... Come on. Aren't a great deal of these creatures akin to the embodiment of evil? And by "evil" I don't mean "death." I mean "evil" as in "more cruel and sadistic than H.H. Holmes, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ivan the Terrible combined." I understand acknowledging that they exist, but why draw the attention of a spirit that seeks pleasure in inflicting unimaginable suffering on helpless souls? I don't think demon worshippers/summoners are bad people or anything, but why do something that gives you only a slim chance that you'll walk away unscathed? What benefit outweighs these risks?