Finally, he rose. "It is definitely a Rakshasa, and that really is not good news."
Considering the way fate had been treating us of late, it wasn't like I was expecting good news. "Why?"
"Because as shape-shifters, they are notoriously hard to track down and even more difficult to kill."
"Fabulous." Not. What about Valdis and Amaya? I added silently, not wanting Hunter to know about the swords.
In theory, demons and spirits are of a similar nature, he said. If the swords can destroy one, they should be able to destroy the other.
But you've never had reason to test it?
Spirits are of this world, and therefore generally not the concern of Mijai.
What if they venture onto the fields between the worlds?
Then maybe. But they rarely do and, even then, it is only ever onto the paene.
Which was the shadowy pide between this world and the next. "So is there anything that kills them for sure?"
He hesitated. "Most dark spirits are dispelled by sunlight, which is why they hunt by night."
"Meaning we have to capture the fucking thing before we can kill it? How the hell are we going to do that?"
"White ash and silver hold dangerous energies to the spirit kind. It might be possible to cage the Rakshasa with either until the morning comes."
"Unfortunately, I'm part were. I can't handle silver without it burning me."
"White ash, then."