[That is... not comforting to hear, but she lets it slide for the moment.]
Akuma. In my world, when someone loses a loved one, the Millennium Earl will go to them and offer to bring that person back to life. But it's a trick; people cannot truly come back from the dead.
[She pauses for a moment, wondering how many details of the gruesome process she should tell the boy.]
The living person is killed and turned into an akuma, while the dead person's soul is trapped inside them. The Millennium Earl forces the akuma to kill people. My job as an Exorcist is to destroy akuma, and protect people from them.
[in person]
Akuma. In my world, when someone loses a loved one, the Millennium Earl will go to them and offer to bring that person back to life. But it's a trick; people cannot truly come back from the dead.
[She pauses for a moment, wondering how many details of the gruesome process she should tell the boy.]
The living person is killed and turned into an akuma, while the dead person's soul is trapped inside them. The Millennium Earl forces the akuma to kill people. My job as an Exorcist is to destroy akuma, and protect people from them.