He nearly staggered backwards at the emotion coming off the guy. Whatever else, this Nick had been through some serious shit and was quite possibly not finished with it yet.

For his own part, Nick shrugged. "My life's been a shitfest pretty much from the moment of my conception. I'm used to it. And I'm not planning on just rolling over and going evil. I'm going to fight the demon with everything I have. If that means anything."

Somehow, he wasn't sure if it did.