"My world? Oh, it’s quite lovely. Humans live all over the globe. They have spread out astonishingly since the Beginning--in all kinds of different societies and cultures and climates. I tend to stay to my little piece of London these days, however, since it has all sorts of modern conveniences and wonderful foods and stage plays and the like from the world over." There were a lot of advantages, staying in his neck of the woods. London was a hub of cultures, both historically and currently, and there was no shortage of things to experience there, even if he did tend to always come back to St. James' Park and his little bookshop. "It's really rather nice."

Her question, however, had been put off but would be impolite to completely ignore. His grimace said he was debating, and it also said It's complicated.

"As for why my kind--well. My family is powerful and has long been in a feud," not a lie, exactly, "with a rival family. It had come to a head, as it were, and they wanted violence, so Crowley and I were trying to prevent the whole thing from blowing up something spectacularly...and we stepped on a lot of toes. Ruffled a few feathers on both sides of the line. I believe they'd like to pretend it didn't happen right now, since it was probably all a bit embarrassing for them," and if he looked a little pleased with himself here, it's because he was. "But I'm not sure how long they'll continue to leave us alone."