Sebastian pressed the full horror of his tarred, feathered demonic essence upon the quivering boy and so revived him, chasing Ciel from his own mind's darkness. Thus, demonhood saved a human.

He wouldn't have believed that was possible, a few days ago. If angelhood was pure virtue, demonhood was vice incarnate. Yet, he now muses, every vice can be a virtue, if viewed in the correct context. Stubbornness is merely persistence. Fickleness is flexibility. Cruelty, in his case, sometimes stems from his long-term perspective and rationality. Recklessness can rouse courage, while cowardice permits self-preservation.

Even obsession can evolve into love . . .

Author's Note: Thanks for reading this series! These drabbles were all a hundred words each, by the way, though the Author's Notes increased the total word count above 400.