Dan whimpered something about scoring, but Melanie seemed to be determined to ignore him.

"So your kind of alien is called a 'demon'?" said Melanie.  "That's cool.  And edgy.  And gothy.  You should get some gothy clothes to go with that.  Or some metal clothes.  And keep them on with my brother because he's honestly kind of a creep."

"We were created in the image of demons of the Priest-King's religion," Umuru said. "This is a date. The cuddling and kissing part."

"Pretty sure you mean 'the part where my brother tries to just outright score on his first date,'" said Melanie.  "I mean, that's why he's got you mostly naked."

"Is this true, Dan?" Umuru asked. "Is this not cuddling and kissing?"

"Um, well, I mean," said Dan, "kissing and cuddling was part of what we were doing..."

"Please do not take advantage of my lack of knowledge, Dan," Umuru said. "I like you, Dan, but I don't want to be made a fool."

"I, um, just got a little excited?" said Dan, sheepishly.

"...do you seriously not know what kissing is?" Melanie asked.

"I understand the meaning of the word, but I have never performed it," Umuru said. "And I will forgive you, Dan. This time."

Melanie darted in quickly and kissed Umuru on the lips, leaving Dan to squawk about unfairness.

Umuru blinked and looked at Melanie, before looking over at Dan.

"I want one from you," she said, moving in on him like Melanie did to her.

Dan kissed her back, of course.  He was an idiot but not that much of an idiot.

"I will need new clothes," Umuru said. "Is meeting family important with dating?"

"Well, it can be," said Melanie.  "If you're serious about keeping going with the relationship."

"I'd like to continue," Umuru said. "At least you didn't try touching the base of my tail."

"Uh, why's that?" said Dan.  His hand started creeping down her back, probably unconsciously.

"It's kind of sensitive," Umuru said, blushing. "I am surprised that you are taking this so well, Melanie."

"What?" said Melanie.  "I'm super-excited!  Hey, you're a demon.  An ancestor of ours was supposed to have fought a demon in a church... that's a coincidence, right?"

"No, that was me," Umuru said.

"Woah!  That's amazing!" said Melanie.  "But how did an old-timey church guy survive fighting a space alien demon?"

"I'm not sure I should be saying this, but the Priest-King had built weaknesses into us. This included holy ground and holy energies," Umuru said.

"You said something about that before," said Dan.  "That's pretty wild, that it works even though you're an alien."

"It doesn't seem he limited it to just his religion," Umuru said.

"Huh," said Dan.  "That's unexpected."

"So, they have different religions in outer-space?" Melanie asked.

"Yes, I would assume so," Umuru said. "I am not knowledgeable about any but the Priest-King's."

"Woooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhh..." said Melanie, her eyes wide.  "So there's all kinds of space religions and stuff?  Do you know about any others?"