He's not sure why Marcel has to get closer to talk, but it doesn't seem to phase Sam much, except maybe draw his legs back so that he can sit straighter. A war against demons? Is that what Marcel thought this was? Much had not been explained to him apparently.

"There isn't a war going on against demons. It's an ongoing struggle since the time we came into existence. But there has been quite an increase in their activity, a side effect of the war currently going on. We are currently fighting a war against an ancient corrupted magister and the people who have chosen to follow him."