"To answer your question, Carlotta-san, we are in a part of the spirit world that corresponds to Japan. If you were to step through the veil at my shrine in Kyoto, you would end up here.

"And your friend is correct," Seimei says, nodding to Teja. "In the tenth century, when I lived, it was customary for a nobleman of my station to have a large staff. I still do, but my servants are spirits, not humans, and they take very different payment. Most of them, for instance, are content with eating rice or fried tofu or other mortal foods on a regular basis. Others serve me to share my power and enjoy my protection. The musicians and performers here are not part of my regular staff, but I have a working relationship with them and they were glad to come here in exchange for appropriate offerings."