"Mmhm. First rule of summoning is never call up what you can't put down. Second rule is that everything that follows is your fault." River puffs thoughtfully on her pipe. Ignore the brief mild choking that interrupts it. "It's nice getting to talk about this with an open mind that isn't a peer. The dick waving contests suck, especially since I lose them."

She gestures with the pipe, an offer to share. "Thing is the demon thing is a family side gig. We're mostly all about the necromancy, la Croix is a big name in the discipline. Most magic is manipulating energy, and necromancy deals in death and absence - darkness, silence, that kinda thing."