Part three of this ongoing series, we are publishing an exclusive interview with Miss V, a professional Succubus.

Compass: You say you often work with children, I’d expect that most people would have reservations about hiring a succubus therapist for their child.

Miss V: Tactful.  I like that.  I don’t hide what I am Lyle, but I don’t push it in people’s faces either.  Given the stories surrounding succubi and incubi, I tend to be careful about other people’s opinions, especially when it comes to my career.  However, given my talents, I tend to have a high success rate when it comes to children.  They’re much more in touch with their emotions and that makes it a lot easier to deal with them.

Compass: You use your powers in your professional life?  Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

Miss V: What conflict?  Doctors of all stripes use their abilities to treat their patients.  Journalists like yourself use all your talents to get the best stories.  Why should I cripple myself because of what I am?  The children are in no danger from me.  For one thing, they’re awake when I counsel them.

Compass: Awake?  Does that mean that…

Miss V: Yes.  People are really only in danger from succubi when they’re asleep.  Taking someone’s energy and life is time consuming, and uncomfortable for them.  And really unnecessary for us to live.  We’re monsters, but we’re not villains.

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