Ying ruffled his feathers, pleased. "Back atcha, brother!"
Guanyin smiled easily. "Nothing to apologise for; plenty of people in this country don't know. A bodhisattva is... I suppose the closest Western analogue would be a sort of Buddhist saint."
It wasn't a perfect comparison, but it was the easiest explanation for most folk to conceptualise. And rather appropriate, if her instinct about him was correct. Christians weren't the only ones who had monasteries, but it seemed the most likely in Francis' case.