Loki patted John's shoulder in what he hoped was a comforting manner while he processed this.

"What exactly is a fiend and why does it eat when it's dead? Or did your memories go down to Hel or someplace like that?"

Memories had no business walking around without their people in his mythology, but he wasn't quite sure about Judeo-Christian memories. Or whether John should be considered Judeo-Christian for that matter.