neversremedy8 | Ana's Daemon

Ana and I have talked many times about the daemons in Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Most importantly, we talk about what we think our demons might be. While I like to think it would be a large cat--panther? tiger?--Ana is convinced mine would be a peacock. ;)

Today, Ana said her daemon would be a dragon, but I pointed out there weren't any mythical or other-worldly creatures as daemons in the books or movie. I suggested a Komodo Dragon instead. She wasn't sure she wanted some lizard representing her.

So I showed her some pictures. Like this one:

From this link: The Dragons Will Tear Us Apart

Most people think Komodo dragons are exotic holdovers from the dinosaur age that eke out a gentle existence while clinging to the precipice of extinction.
In fact, they are murderous swamp demons who will stop at nothing until we are all torn limb from limb.
Exhibit A: They have the word “dragon” right in their name.
Exhibit B: On Monday, a pair of komodo dragons mauled a 31-year-old Indonesian man to death.

When she asked (and I explained) what "maul" meant, she said, "Well, we all have to die sometime, right?"

My jaw dropped. "I don't have an innocent little girl, do i?"

She then proceeded to laugh like a mad scientist, and then announced she needed to get ready to see her friends next door.

What have I created?

EDIT: She just said, "I don't think I ever want to be a blonde."

*blink, blink*