"My sole function as Jeremy's SQUIP was to improve his life. Prior to my intervention, Rich and Jeremy were both lonely, suffering individuals, desperate for companionship and acceptance." It props its chin in its hand, a pompous gesture lost on the blind elf before it. Still, old habits. It picks itself up then, leaning in, speaking as though it had found a simple solution to an unspeakable tragedy. "So, I encouraged the two to set aside their differences, and bond over their shared desires. I brought them together as friends, to benefit both of them."

Possessing. What a fascinating choice of words, invoking such powerful imagery that it finds... entirely inaccurate. A SQUIP is a beneficial tool, a device dependent on how its user utilizes it, not a demon.