A demon diminished, in this case, was little more than human. Her sadism and her skill with Enochian still made her dangerous - just not apocalyptically so. The disappointment or disgust or whatever it is that Kit has for him now is not unexpected. He's used to not being enough, to being seen as something abhorrent or at least capable of abhorrent things. It just took this long for Kit to see that side of him.

"They do when they're on Earth," Devin answers honestly. "She's the only one I've met personally, but they're not capable of walking around with the living at full strength, or they'll be banished as soon as they surface."

The vampire considers what must be a fascinating pattern in the wood grain of the bar. "She masqueraded as human for years, but I only knew her for a few months. I don't know if she stole some poor woman's body or constructed one." He shakes his head once and his tone hardens. "I do know that I killed that body ten years ago, and yet here it was again."

It had been unnerving how little she cared for her mortality here. Yes, she had shown fear and had perhaps even been overcome by it for the first time in her immensely long existence. But Bobby had been more reckless than Devin expected; she knew it was a trap and she had come anyway.