"Abilities?" Now that was something interesting. He lent forward slightly. "What sort of abilities?" The talk of immortality and such bothered him very little. He'd seen many folk who'd claimed immortality only to die just as easily as anyone else. But the way Francis had said 'abilities' made him think this might be worth looking into.
"Perhaps they are demons or something of that sort" he mused, doing his best to seem causal and unconcerned.