I don't know for certain, but after that Dreamscape nightmare we dealt with during Christmas, I don't doubt the Story Eater's desire for destruction. If that was how he was after worming his way into our heads and trying to break in here...

[ Dojima... looked visibly tense, remembering his own nightmare. ]

...But you could be right, and the Story Eater could've been created by the Story Teller for all we know. It's a risk of trust we're all taking, and we could get burned for it.

[ Hey, at least Dojima's taking his suspicions seriously? ]

If 'Scales' is your nickname for Eizen, yeah. And considering your... usual habit of taking what you want, regardless of who it affects, paying people for what they do for you seems a bit... contradictory. Why not just force them to do things for you?