"Angel, not demon," he corrects; pedantically, but not unkindly. "He's from a different sort of cosmology than you're probably used to. Angels are the immortal servants of a creator deity; some of them disobeyed their deity and were exiled as a result, and those angels are called demons by some cultural groups. But they lack human origins or any association with Lord Yama."

"I've seen him on the network," he belatedly answers He Xuan's actual question with a self-deprecating grin. "But we haven't spoken directly. He seems nice enough." Unlike some, John.