Only from what I've read. It's not the sort of thing you get to practice on a daily basis.
[And thank goodness, but it does mean he feels out of his depth. He read up on the topic because he was skeptical and a bit curious, not because he thought he'd ever have to deal with it in real life. Or, well, he feared he might, but he certainly didn't want to ever need to.
The possibility feels suddenly real, even if remote. The sort of thing that makes the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.]
From what I've read, though, you need to learn what you're dealing with. Each demon is different. You can't just sprinkle salt around and say some magic words. Sometimes they've made a deal with someone and you have to negotiate, but they're not likely to even try to keep their end of a bargain anyway. If you figure out their individual weakness, or figure out what they're after and why they're here, that's when your odds are supposedly the best. Maybe they're cursed and bound to an object and want to go home, but maybe they've been sent here on a mission, looking for someone or something in particular. Or maybe they're just here to cause chaos for fun.
[Too many options. But what seems to stand out to him is that they're smart, and that careful investigation pays off more than silver bullets or whatever.]
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[And thank goodness, but it does mean he feels out of his depth. He read up on the topic because he was skeptical and a bit curious, not because he thought he'd ever have to deal with it in real life. Or, well, he feared he might, but he certainly didn't want to ever need to.
The possibility feels suddenly real, even if remote. The sort of thing that makes the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.]
From what I've read, though, you need to learn what you're dealing with. Each demon is different. You can't just sprinkle salt around and say some magic words. Sometimes they've made a deal with someone and you have to negotiate, but they're not likely to even try to keep their end of a bargain anyway. If you figure out their individual weakness, or figure out what they're after and why they're here, that's when your odds are supposedly the best. Maybe they're cursed and bound to an object and want to go home, but maybe they've been sent here on a mission, looking for someone or something in particular. Or maybe they're just here to cause chaos for fun.
[Too many options. But what seems to stand out to him is that they're smart, and that careful investigation pays off more than silver bullets or whatever.]