Saerian smiled, very slightly. Yes. As long as 300 years ago. That hadn't worked out, though.
As for the inanimate objects, in the tent, the demon looked them over. There were a few very powerful things inside this tent. He wondered if the man knew that, or if it was just luck. All heavy collectors eventually collected something of value. Just like eventually, a monkey with a typewriter would create a Shakespearean masterpiece.
"You have an number of wonderful things here," he said. "Do you do a lot of traveling?"