[ if he paid any attention to these things, he would have acknowledged that the demon/daemon confusion happens more often than it doesn't and adjusted accordingly, but it's not very high on his list of priorities. ]

It would be best if you thought about the rock. You may not enjoy it, but you'll be better for it. Don't you want to know who you are as a person?

[ there's a truth to it, or he wouldn't have said, but he still can't help but find it a bit funny. ]

Weakness isn't the problem. People are stronger, smarter, better than they realise but have been lied to for so long they can't see the truth even when it's plain as day! I don't blame them, but I do hold who's kept them in that state accountable. Yima is the local flavour, and this war is ultimately more significant than her, but I would not abandon the people in this world. I would bring the ones who can into the fight and give hope to the ones who cannot.

[ for asriel, it's a brief answer, but he is no less passionate and resolved than he would be if he were seriously trying to bring someone around to join the cause. he didn't amass a rebel army that spans the multiverse by accident. ]

Right now, you and I are just as in the dark as anyone else, so you've got your work cut out for you.