"Important note.  The first nine candidates I looked for were ones who can take as much pain as I can.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next eleven candidates I went looking for people who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."

"Important note.  The first nine candidates I looked for were ones who can take as much pain as I can.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next eleven candidates I went seeking those who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."

"Important note.  The first nine candidates I looked for were ones a lot like me, including being able to take as much pain as I can, ideally with less Goodness as a flaw.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next eleven candidates I went seeking those who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."

"Important note.  The first nine candidates I looked for were ones a lot like me, including being able to take as much pain as I can, ideally with less Goodness as a flaw.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next eleven candidates I went seeking those who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some early step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."

"Important note.  The first nine candidates I looked for were ones a lot like me, including being able to take as much pain as I can, ideally with less Goodness as a flaw.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next eleven candidates I went seeking those who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."

"Important note.  The first candidates I looked for were ones a lot like me, including being able to take as much pain as I can, ideally with less Goodness as a flaw.  Then my curse started to feel like it was straining.  I thought about it for a while and for the next candidates I went seeking those who can take - unfairness, strict training, who won't try to run away from a game where they're always losing.  But they can't take the same intensity of pain as me, or at least not yet.  You could hold them to a task with a whip without breaking them, even for a month at a time, but not use a devil.  My tentative guess is that what's needed is - accepting frequent punishment, unfair punishment, wanting and needing to being held to a harsh standard by your trainers - and not that there's some step of the training that requires very intense pain."

"If I was wrong about that, we've still got nine who can take anything I can."