"I make a policy of not attempting to restrict the information she has available to her. At all."
"...Okay, so 'yummy' is the kind of language that's likely to be used as a euphemism for...things."
Mehitabel expectantly awaits a more satisfying explanation.
"Oh. Well, is there some other way to ask the question I was actually asking so you'll answer it?"
"Oh, I thought you were just being flippant, sorry. Yes, you were both a noticeable source of power and--pleasant to be near."
"I'm not getting much of anything off of you, which is good. Pride and Wrath are one of the worst possible combinations of the Seven Deadlies."
"I'm not a very angry person. But I do think I'm very important."
"...Is that 'yes, please inquire further,' or 'yes, and it's none of your business,' I can't tell and I'd rather not assume."
"Does this secret have to do with why a small magician child showed up wanting to know about demons, because regardless of whether I ought to know the secret itself I think the answer to that question is my business."
"It's not directly related. I'm mostly just curious about things."
"I was summoned a few centuries ago by a magician who wanted me to wreak havoc upon his enemies. He was insufficiently careful with the bindings on the circle. I convinced him to summon my sister--and by convinced I will admit I mean threatened, but I didn't actually hurt him--and then wrecked enough of the summoning apparatus that he couldn't dismiss us without our consent. We've been wandering the Earth ever since."
"Pretty much. Although we started close enough to each other--temporally and spatially--there's probably an argument to be made from that."