Legion:
So, we don't know if we've shared this story - it's from the Bible. You see, there was a guy who was possessed by many demons, and he was hiding out far away from civilization. Jesus comes up to the guy, and the demons beg not to be banished - and instead to be sent over to a herd if pigs. Jesus does so, the pigs go wild, rush into the river, and drown. Problem solved.
Now, the easy way to look at it is 'Jesus saw a man possessed by demons and cured him, and the demons all committed suicide, the end'.
But that's kind of shallow. Try this.
Guy's possessed. The demons get him away from the people who would probably stone him to death, and puts him someplace where he won't get hurt.
Jesus shows up. The demons beg him not to banish them. So, he listens to them, and sends them off to the pigs. They immediately kill the hosts. Note they didn't kill the guy - they could have, easily, but they didn't.
Once the pigs are dead, the demons are free. They're not in some infernal pit or anything, they're free to go and be themselves.
That's compassion. The demons looked after the host.
Jesus listened to the demons and spared them.
We feel a connection to that story. We want to be free, but not at the cost of our host. When we feel the fits come on, we try to isolate if we can, so nobody gets hurt. This is why we took the name Legion for ourselves. They aren't the villains of that story. They were as much a victim as their host.
