[In fairness, sometimes he's not joking. Say the word and Baraqiel is dead. The presense is enough to keep him from giving into temptation, but even with the daemon, he hasn't noticably changed. It's why he didn't even notice Erastis' bleeding heart until a bit later. He still had principles before, they just weren't the type of principles that most understand.

Adultery, for one, is something he thinks is only done by the absolute scum of the earth. Murder and torture are both good fun, though.]

He and I have a complicated relationship. [He pokes Erastis' head, just once. Little dimwit.]

But yeah, not exactly. It just means I couldn't hurt people without it causing serious unavoidable agony. I stopped trying to get it removed once I fell for the Slayer.