They've a choice in the matter, [Myr points out.] The ordinary run of spirits don't need to prey on men to live. [Even if he is personally deeply uneasy about interacting with them, it was always more a concern for spiritual harms than anything they might do to his mind and body. Not so with demons.] Simply shape their dreams and inspire them--they're fascinated by the Realm of Opposition, by the waking world, but they don't try to break into it as demons do.

Sympathy for them? [Incredulous, initially--but if Linden's asking he's looking for more than gut revulsion. Myr needs a reasoned answer, and maybe--maybe--to consider the question more deeply than he has.]

That's a dangerous thing for a mage to express, you know. If it doesn't get us possessed outright for letting our guard down, one word of it to the wrong person could put us in solitary at best. Or made Tranquil or put to death, in the worse Circles. [That opens up a line of conversation he, perhaps, does not want to have. But it also buys him time to inspect his own reasoning at length.]