It is, yes. Where I'm from, though, most youkai are... hmm, like I look without my limiters. We have a certain kind of spiritual power, and some of us have particular abilities above and beyond that, but we're not ghosts or demons.

[He tosses Davesprite a half-smile.]

But you're right, it's not a good time to be either youkai or human at home. And I appreciate the chance to meet someone else who was once human.

[It's not precisely a first -- he's met others who have sacrificed their humanity -- but most of them don't come out the other side capable of cracking wise about bad movies.]