Demons? That's a good term... but it's not what we used. Hellions was what they were called. They're born of something called malevolence.

[Something that humans create... even without meaning to.]

... I mean, if anyone's a hermit, it would probably be me? I was raised by a whole village of seraphim. I didn't even see how humans lived til I was seventeen... I think the girl I met in the ruins was the first girl I'd ever seen.