"It will be sensed in my world, and the daemons will take advantage of it. Like a flaw in a Geller field." Except the flaw would be him, localized, and all the forces of Hell tearing their way out of his body in one big rush.

"But did you choose it." Because that sounded like coercion. He had no idea why it mattered so much to him. But it did. Enduring suffering because you chose to is different than because you had to.

"Too long. Long enough to fall into corruption."