"It should, I think," Raguel replied. He realized that he was unsure what he wanted from this conversation, if indeed he wanted anything. If it hadn't been for the leaf and his own curiosity, he would surely have passed the demon by without a word. Now it seemed they were just standing breathing air at one another.

He could leave, he supposed.

"Let me ask you an unrelated question. What do humans do when they have something they want to carry, but they don't want to hold it in their hands?"