sharks they may bite you but i like you no bite

The demon in question:

Your soul is bound to mine. If you die, I die. So I’m not gonna let that happen.

So I need a talisman on me every time I sleep? Niran sorted that out with something else. A soul binding ritual? When two souls are bound, half of a person’s spiritual energy will flow into the other. Niran’s spiritual energy is suppressing the demon that nearly devoured you, and it will protect you from now on. Is that a good thing? I guess it is. It’s just not something people do. Because you and Niran will have to share the same fate from here on out. Be that good or bad, the two of you can no longer be separated from each other till death do you part.

Oh, are you taking it off? Yeah. What else can I do? You won’t move out of this room. What? It’s you who refuse to pick another room.

You don’t need to repress your fear if you are scared. The evil forces that you’ve encountered, felt, and unknowingly absorbed, transfer them to me. [...] I’ll do for you what you did for me. It’s my turn now. The evil forces that you’ve encountered, felt, and still touched by, transfer them to me. Just transfer them all to me.

A soul binding ritual isn’t difficult to perform. What’s difficult is the consequences it will have on you both.

Are you scared? No, I’m not. It wouldn’t be wrong to be scared. You just saw an evil force with your own eyes.

“I haven’t charged for the other sessions. After the exams, I’ll come for all of it.”