The liquor set a nice burn to his stomach, the way only alcohol really could. His act used high proof alcohols instead of gasoline because it did not take much for him to make the liquids explode into flame. Phoenixes might not be creatures comprised of flame entirely, as some myths told, but he knew there was some inside him.
"So, you're a medium then? But also have telepathy?" Orion was not versed in the ways of Creole spirits or Voodoo magic. His family and Romania, in general, had enough dark creatures to last them lifetimes before running into creatures like Papa Ghede. He also figured the man was speaking freely enough about his powers that to ask was not somehow insulting.