Is that not the most interesting part? For it is not just the secret itself, is it? The decision to conceal, what knowing it offers... And what one can offer in return, for being gifted such a secret? After all, it is a secret for a reason.

[ Hand to his mouth, he doesn't quite laugh, but --

It's close.]

What makes you think such beings are monsters, I wonder? [ A beat, and a wave of his hand. ] Notwithstanding, of course, that demons are vile little creatures.

[ Unlike devils, which are COOL and SMART and SNEAKY. Not that he's biased. ]