"It's nothing that anyone can help me with," Solene told him with a small shake of her head. "Columba- the other Columba - he's been my support." She looked at this stranger who looked so well known to her and said, "my sister was dying. We had no parents and she was all I had in this world. She was my only love. And so... I made a deal with Satan. He appeared to me and... I traded my soul for her health, so that she would live. It seemed a worthy trade."