Oh. That's almost harder to imagine. I suppose because "demons" is so far outside my range of experience that it seems more likely to have caused such disruption. It is hard to believe mortals could be capable of such a great mess as this.

[He pauses, then adds, a bit apologetically,]

I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to explain some of this... rather confounding technology, could I? No one else has been remotely helpful.

[And Tony seems an upstanding sort, or at the very least, a helpful one. Even if he does have a shocking lack of cravat and proper trousers. Lyall is, slowly, getting used to such things here.]