"right, and why is there now a big monstrous thing coalescing out of thin air in the middle of an intricate circle carved into the floor of your cart?"
"Tradition"
"And what tradition is that?"
"Reception of the soul by the thing that's going to kick it's ass for standing in my way"
"... Didn't we already do that?"
"Nah, he got off light"
...that works, actually
plus I played off the giant winged monkey easily enough last game...
the real problem is the summoning demons part and the part where I'd rather sacrifice random people than animals, both for mechanical reasons, and my own personal opposition to hurting animals that haven't done anything against me...
the knight's going to want to kill me, really, I guess I just need to ingratiate myself and, well, "Walk softly and carry a big winged monkey"