[The question Matt levels his way first sends Demeisen’s eyebrows skyward in surprise, then prompts a broad, amused grin to spread over his face.]

That depends your definition.

[After all, others have definitely lofted some pretty unflattering epithets his way in the past, but they tended to come with more judgment and self-righteous rancour. The other man’s question seems rather more like an innocent query, which makes it both unexpected and delightfully whimsical.]

Is “demon” an insult, or are you accusing me of being a mythological entity of some kind?