Mao glanced over at the other woman. "Of course it is! What the hell am I supposed to do when someone calls me out like that?" She didn't expect him to just take it, did she?

Then again, he'd already learned long ago that no one understood what a demon was around here. Even that one guy who posted to the message board acting like he did seemed to have a narrow point-of-view.

Again Mao turned his attention to the girl. "I'm a demon. Mao, Dean of the Nether Institute, Evil Academy!"