[via crystal, politely,] This wasn't expressed as them merely not wanting to be around-- He was very certain that summoning spirits put us in mortal danger.

Powerful demons typically attract more of their kind rather than less, don't they? I've not been approached by anything in my dreams here, demons alike.

[Merrill will note his expression does not match his tone, though it smooths as he asides to her,] Nor I, though I've not much experience to boast of. Nearest I can come is a Circle in the Anderfels that had a grief demon--but that didn't loom over us if we summoned spirits.