[ She laughed. ] Blame the gods below, John. They chose to separate Demons and Devils, not I.

[ He says maths though, and she understands what he means, because Praes had put unlimited hours of research into studying, summoning, and then traversing into the hells.

Well, that had been the once, and it had reached up to swallow the Dread Empress Triumphant, may she never return, but it's also quite possible that she had conquered them as well. Her people were one that lived of madness and infamy, that it's never quite been established if the hells were or were not conquered. ]

We also do not travel the hells, so our worlds are similar there. We only have the correct calculations to summon from them, rip them from whatever peace they know and bring them to our reality. [ Her smile never wavers. ]

Your magic is academic in nature, you said? I would very much like to pick your mind on that, I have not found many who use it who consider it a study insomuch as they consider it an impulse.

[ And then, as an afterthought, because it was rude if she didn't... ] You may call me Akua.