It looked like the acid trip of a stoner that had watched Dark Side of Oz one time too many. The Monkatrice was a hard thing to trust.

Exactly what do you have to lose if this scenario plays out? Seems to me that there’s no problem.

...in fact… if Monkey in a suit with a Demon dies, isn’t that a paradox? Does he have to, at some point, be returned to the point of space/time that leads to your creation? If we DO stop the demon, doesn’t that risk canceling out your existence? Burning the candle at both ends, aren’t you?