"No, since I'm still worried about summoning other demons, so you're not replaceable, but if you have suggestions for things to do, I'd love to hear them."

"I wanna terraform Mars. Unless someone got around to it in the last four years and I didn't catch the news."

"... Ooo! Yeah, no one's gotten around to it yet. That's a good idea, the colonies there would love us."

Cam grins. "I'd do Luna but I don't think it'll hold atmo."

"Probably not. I mean, maybe it you did complicated things with physics and mini black holes, but... It would be a headache."

"Yeah, and I'd be worried about misjudging the black hole and sucking the entire moon into it."

"Yeah, that would be very bad. Mars is doable, though. If you want to help Luna you can probably encase all of it in glass or something, then put an atmosphere inside it."

"I think that would make coming and going kind of tricky."

"Not if you do it right and put airlocks in place," says Adana serenely. "But that would require coordination with the colonies and would be a pain."

"Yes. So perhaps a project after I give Mars lots of air and freshwater oceans with exceedingly stupid fish in them and topsoil and grass. I will walk around trailing ecosystem like that personification of Spring in one of the Fantasias. ...Possibly before your time."

"A bit, sorry. I am old fashioned due to hanging out with daevas, but I haven't seen everything from a century or two ago. But it sounds nice and I would be happy to come along and watch you be a personification of Spring!"

"And maybe help me with the research on what kinds of critters are necessary so the plants don't die. I can make simple critters, although if you want proper mammals and birds you're going to have to import them, demons can't do minds even that complicated and I imagine they wouldn't know how to breed or something inconvenient like that."

"I will be happy to help with research on creating a stable ecosystem," she promises, snuggling a little. "We'll see how viable importing animals is, it might not be worth the trouble."

"Some things will do okay on water and sun, anyway."

"Yeah. Probably also fertilizer, to get it going, I doubt that Mars has great soil for plants right now."

"Well, yes, I did mention topsoil earlier."

"You did, didn't you? Sorry, I am used to having to think of all of the things to do myself, this is a nice change!"

"I'm very helpful. Appreciate me."

"Consider yourself quite appreciated!" Snuggle.

Snuggle! "Awesome. I'm really glad you let me talk, that first time."

"Me, too. It was mostly just blind panic because - you know, impending death. But I'm glad I did it, too."

"I know you were in a hurry," he laughs. "I didn't say, 'thanks for deciding to trust a near-randomly-chosen member of the demonic species, that's always a swell idea'."

She giggles.

Snuggle.