Hida Emi glowered at the shoji screen that guarded her privacy, her shoulders tensing as she spoke.  "People summon oni because they are fools.  An oni serves the Dark Lord of the Shadowlands only."<br/><br/>After a moment, Emi continued, "Beyond that, I know little of what is involved in the practices of a maho-tsukai.  I am a Hida, not a Kuni.  I know how to stand against the darkness, not how to summon it."