[ Sebastian finds no fault at all with the description. It’s something he’s explained to people here in Kenos, sometimes in earnest and sometimes to downplay his nature. Demons were all sorts of things, because it was a bit of an imprecise word, in his opinion. Or, more accurately, it had just come to encompass many kinds of things, some real, some not. But when you’re older than the word itself, talk of their nature seems apt.

So, it’s also interesting how Douman describes himself. Some of the defensiveness softens because it assures him that they’re absolutely different enough that he needn’t worry about the “manners” that he was used to applying to his own kind. The name and the profession may not mean anything to Sebastian, what with his dalliances being very solidly in what would be considered the “Western” world, but servitude he does understand. And indeed, with this new understanding of Douman, he understands the curiosity about what “servant” might mean as well. ]

Well, well. I suppose being greedy enough to want contracts of servitude is rather universal. In fact, I would have said that until recently my service was purely to the whims of humanity, but this matter of our worlds being destroyed broadens horizons a bit…

[ Since though it was nothing formal, he’d definitely consider working under the Regent to be not dissimilar to a “world-conquering foreign entity.” But! No need to get into that. ]

Well, a second life now within your own hands is not so bad. Was your binding the sort where you were… [ Sebastian trails off lightly, but with a bit of a musical tone to it as he searches for the right euphemism ] I will say able to negotiate your terms, so to speak. I take up my servitude by choice, but I understand that is not a luxury all have.