"Well." She gives him the ghost of a grin, as they step inside. "They're allowed."

And as they find a table she adds "No, but in all seriousness --" pulling back one of the chairs and settling into it -- "this isn't the first time I've had to thread that particular needle. Acknowledging that they exist, that they act in the world, that isn't a problem. Belief isn't a problem, not the way I see it. And, all right, plenty of people wouldn't agree with me, but that's true about pretty much anything you could name in my religion, we've got a long history and all of it is internal arguments."