I would hope that it did not, but there is little I can do to change a person's mind. Only show them what can be expected.

[Not a creep. Just someone who got a really, really bad reception when it first appeared and that hasn't improved a lot since. It is creepy.]

There are many who are disgusted. My family - no, my parents foremost - they and their people believe that gifts are...

[And now he's at a loss. The word is nearly identical in English, but he hasn't heard it since he left Quebec.]

... blasphème. Control over the darkness was not a compelling argument against their belief.