[She is so valid for looking disturbed, but he shakes his head.]
They're not the same as devils. [This is a canon conversation that they have with normal people so he doesn't seem surprised by the confusion.] They're souls of the dead trapped in artificial bodies.
Close enough. [Without getting too into the weeds about it.] They convince people to call back the dead so they can make Akuma out of them. Sometimes the Akuma kills whoever calls them back and wears their skin, so they look like regular people until they start attacking.
[So she can probably. Understand why he's been so insanely paranoid. This whole time.]
[Thinks about Britt and her skin-snatcher happening after they have this conversation
So funny]
They look like normal people until they expose themselves. That's what makes them dangerous.
[And it's also why he's been so adamant about Trusting No One here; it's so, so similar to what he's used to that this might as well be another day on the job, for him.]
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Aren't they attached to monsters? What kind of stupid creatures did they dig up...
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Those Noah bastards can do a lot of things, but not like this, from what I've seen.
[Well. Kind of. The more minor stuff, specifically.]
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The ones who control Akuma. [He just assumes Lavi has told her about Akuma already]
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They control devils? How?
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They're not the same as devils. [This is a canon conversation that they have with normal people so he doesn't seem surprised by the confusion.] They're souls of the dead trapped in artificial bodies.
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What the heck... They're like necromancers, then? Or something close.
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Close enough. [Without getting too into the weeds about it.] They convince people to call back the dead so they can make Akuma out of them. Sometimes the Akuma kills whoever calls them back and wears their skin, so they look like regular people until they start attacking.
[So she can probably. Understand why he's been so insanely paranoid. This whole time.]
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a.
JUST
THIS FACE]
Ew!
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TRULY JUST LOOKS AT HER LIKE
YEAH. YEAH]
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So funny]
They look like normal people until they expose themselves. That's what makes them dangerous.
[And it's also why he's been so adamant about Trusting No One here; it's so, so similar to what he's used to that this might as well be another day on the job, for him.]
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Crap... So it's not so different from what happened to Boothill, is it?
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[Haha!!!]
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... At least the monster didn't steal his skin.