Sephiroth: *tenses up, gritting his teeth in pain before falling utterly silent*
St Sephiroth: Don’t do that too much. You will stress the natural soul with pain and encourage it into retreat. Either that or you will weaken it, thus strengthening the demon’s hold. Some demon-possessed people actually strike themselves with objects or harm their bodies to cause pain and to win power over the natural soul. *seems pleased when the room is prepared* Good. Carry him in. Then strip him down and then we can begin.
*the servants rush over to Sephiroth and pick him up, hauling him into the room on the side. Once they have laid him out on the silk-lined bed inside the room, they begin to strip him naked*