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92.238.137.64 wrote: So was pulling the stem a good thing then...

Ar you guys suggesting Deaton is good or bad, I'm confused haha

Maybe neither. Ever played Dungeons & Dragons? The writers almost certainly did. Deaton is a druid and appears to be of Neutral alignment. This is backed up by Morrell's assertion that she was trying to maintain "balance", and she committed acts that were evil and/or good at various points.

Pulling the stem might have been such an act. On the one hand, it is good because the Oni will try to destroy anyone possesed by the Nogitsune. It is also evil, because the Oni have little regard for human life and will try to kill anyone that interferes with performing their task.