"Oh. Huh, okay," says Leon, because that genuinely does answer a lot of questions even if it opens up a bunch more. He narrowly catches himself before making some comment expressing surprise about gods being real here - mostly by thinking about the face his very Catholic mother would make at him if he did, but also Angel seems pretty into his elevator pitch here and that could also make things awkward.

"So the barrier's what's stopped death from working for the locals, and that's the problem we're here to fix. Have I got that right?"

Would explain a few things, at least. If they've been invited here by one of the goddesses of the land to fix a problem, no wonder the townspeople are so willing to put them up for free even if they weren't contributing manpower to the community by way of gainful employment.