[From her perspective, talking about demons as ghosts and spirits seems like the weird thing. Even just listening to her tribe talk about spirits was exercise in keeping her mouth shut.]

Uh-huh. [OK, almost shut.

And she can hear him grinning, which makes her grin in turn even while wondering if she's the butt of the joke.]

OK, I believe you. Shadow spirits that had to be vanquished with feelings.

Is that kind of thing normal here?