Oh, they'd hardly be so effective as they are if they weren't similar enough to mortals, [though he noted the distancing use of humans... after experiencing a weird moment of kinship, for that's not so unlike how he might talk some days,] that we could be taken in by them. They are the Maker's first children, after all; and it's not the worst theology to say they were His rough drafts for us.

The difference is while we might like to expand our influence, often in service to our other needs, we won't fade away if we don't. You'd never find a demon--or even a spirit--in the model of Divine Celestine, who'd give up all the power in the world to return to her hermitage; they'd vanish on the instant.

[A thoughtful little hum follows as he considers Linden's further questions.] The lesser ones certainly seem more shaped by the emotion they resonate with, rather than shaping it--rage demons, for the most part, are all furious and uncomprehending; but demons of pride and desire make far-reaching plans to snare men's hearts.

Funny you should make reference to their volatility--they're changeable as all the Fade, but it's a shortcoming of theirs that they lack much imagination. Able, flawless mimics of what they see, but nearly unable to come up with anything they haven't.

It's what turned the Maker away from them in the first place.