"So..." He slowly closed the distance between them, staring at Mephiles with what he tried to be, a curiosity look, he was desiring to make the shadow his nearly in an incontrollable way, curiosity would be really hard to fake, but he tried, "...what is that, what do you have to offer? Why me?"
He was aware of the awkwardness of the moment, but maybe he could play along with what Mephiles might had in mind, three birds in one shot, knowing Mephiles' motivations, gaining his trust, and the most important... taking his life for his own.
[I'm so sorry it took ages, guess I cannot reply the journal without knowing a bit more of what happened.]