[ She is lovely and rather sweet, he thinks - he hasn't spent much time around children, around anyone younger than Cole, who is more spirit than boy, and so this is all rather novel for him. All he can do is offer her a soft smile. ]

I have learned that spirits in Thedas are different from many in other worlds.

[ But look how he practically beams. Her understanding of spirits and demons is more simplistic than he might be able to offer, but the fact that she knows of the ignorance... ]

Quite right. Spirits embody emotions and demons are not dissimilar from that. Negative emotion is often more obvious than their kinder cousins.