[ yeah that phrasing even has your local demon internally like

Not outwardly, though! Outwardly, his interest stays just as easy-going and curious, like these were absolutely normal things to say! ]

Ah, how interesting! You must be from a time a bit before I, in that case. How good to hear that it works out. It is fascinating that humanity was even able to discover such a thing, I will admit.

[ He casually drops the fact that he's not human by implication since in part, it wasn't something he was keeping secret. His experience in Horos had led to him revealing that card almost immediately, so the pretense wasn't completely necessary. But more importantly, shockingly, he somehow gets the vibe that this fellow is also not human... ]