The thing inhabiting the house was not human. It did not think and act like humans do. But it did think, so please accept these loose translations.

"What the hell!?" It screamed into the void. "Why won't this human die?"

The answer, of course, was that Kyle was significantly more reinforced than any mortal the force has ever encountered before. Still, it was having a great deal of trouble accepting it. No human had ever been this durable before. And he was annoyingly good at protecting the ordinary mortal.

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But then, possibly in that thought there was also the answer. The truth was it wasn't very enthusiastic to kill Abby, it hadn't been targeting her and had focused mostly on the powerful mortal. But possibly...

It gathered all the power it could in one place and struck straight for Abby. It would be sad if it hit her, but...

It had no face. It could not smile. But it felt a deep sense of something like satisfaction as Kyle stepped in and took the hit