A healer. That should have helped, but it didn't. Apparently, even healers weren't above turning themselves into abominations.

"Yes," Fenris says, his tone a little harder. "It attracts demons. Anyone who uses it is at risk of possession, but everyone believes themselves above temptation - especially those who keep slaves to fuel their blood rituals."

It's a lot to accept, he realises, for someone to whom magic has never had a relationship with demons. Perhaps he's being too harsh. The standards for that have changed drastically enough that Fenris is sure he could spend a lifetime trying to reclaim his footing. "I imagine your world is different," he says quietly. "You're fortunate, if so."