"Lady Cassandra de Rolo," she introduces herself, with an inclination of the head and shoulders and a brush of one hand along a fold of her skirt, a stylized sketch of a curtsy. "A pleasure to meet you, Dr. Hallewell. Chip. Do please call me Cassandra; most here do."

A beat. "Depends on the definition? I take it that demons and hells aren't well documented, where you come from?"