asllskjdkajsdhk Lass, this is *lovely*. This verse is always so bleak, so I don't read it much, but this! omfg. The way they move around each other, and they care, and it is harsh and difficult and they are losing, but also they have each other, sometimes.

There are a number of ways you can try to keep the devil out of your body. There are a number of ways you can keep demons at bay.

Take holy water, yarrow, and malachite dust, and crush it in an iron bowl as you recite a Theban orison. Use it to write 'light' in ancient script on your forehead and over your heart, and it will lead demons away from you for a day and a night. Add a verse from one of the forgotten surahs and just a dash of ifrit blood, and it will lock your dreams against outside intrusion. (Sam tries not to think of Jess, the devil speaking with her mouth, her voice.)

"This is a prayer for fire," Cas says, writing along Sam's collarbone with his fingers. "It protects you against illusions."
This whole section is lovely and gorgeous and wonderful, and I love that there are religions other than Christianity that work, and also it reminds me a lot of Susan and Ed in Calormen, which you know I love.