Darren makes a little squeaky sound.

"Well, that was impolite, does she barge into your house and threaten your visitors routinely?"

"She's got a thing about demons. Should have warned you, sorry. Wouldn't have attacked without being sure, though."

"Sure of what exactly? Because I am literally a demon according to my own world's definition. I am a demon and I do demon magic and I live in Hell."

"As in, they were basically responsible for killing her entire family. So. If you are not the same kind of demon, she will not try to kill you."

"But I am a kind of demon which contains members who are not me who would be disposed to do things like that," Cam says, "so while I'm glad I got off on a technicality this still seems like a problem."

"Yes," says Vernon. "Which is why she asked me to vouch for you. And I did."

"Okay. Thank you. Do you have other violent racist friends, or is that one it?"

"Eh. Not many people will like you after you say you're a demon, but she's the most violent."

"Maybe I should ditch the wings and tail after all and make something nice and feathery. Or go without."

"Up to you," he shrugs. "Not the wings and tail, the 'demon' part is what freaks people out. That word's got a very specific meaning to it, and it is not a nice one."

"Okay, I can stop claiming the species, if that'll help, I guess people here don't know the difference between the daeva."

"Nope. Not like you seem to, anyway."

"Well, if I did any magic at home, even wearing no or the wrong wings, I could be distinguished from a fairy instantly and from an angel by a remotely discerning eye."

"... Yeah, nope. Not how it works here at all. Literally anyone can do magic."

"But it's the complicated rune-y thing that can do, supposedly, teleportation?"

"It's the complicated rune-y thing," agrees Darren. "Don't know if it can do teleportation, but apparently it can do summons."

"I really don't know how that worked, that looked nothing like a summoning circle from home."

"Magic does strange things. That is my answer. I am sticking to it."

Darren snorts. "I missed something, it's not random."

"I used to be a summoner, I could teach you if it seems useful and you continue to appear responsible. But I would not show you circle designs that looked anything like that."

"... I mean, I guess we could try it? I'm not turning down snazzy new magic."

"You have to be careful, though, not everybody's as nice as me."

Darren nods. "I will be. I am already super careful with the magic I have - I'll just be even more obsessively careful."