Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.

Peter finds the lost, the left-behind, the abused. Is that not why you are here? Did Peter not save you?

If you don't learn to laugh at life it'll surely kill you, that I know.

Peter," she whispered and reached out, touching his cheek. "My little Peterbird? You flew back to me.

Peter's face clouded. "Everything comes at a price. Or have you not learned that yet?

Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room for magic or the magical creatures of old. Earth’s first children were driven into the shadows by flame and cold iron, by man’s insatiable need of conquest.

Both sides so blinded by their fear and hate of each other that they couldn't see they were all fighting for the same thing.