"Not so. Although many Christians would see them that way. Ifrit are stronger and longer of life than mortal men but just as true of heart and fallible of flesh."

"Many are great builders of churches or protectors holy places. It is said there are fewer now than once there was and that they shun the cities of men. But travellers of the silk road tell stories of pilgrims gone astray who are guided back to the trade routes by Ifrit. They are not demons, just different children of God."