"Hm. Pity. He only gave my associate two. I don't particularly trust in talismans, as I myself am quite old. Magic only works to varying degrees, and the older one is, the more issues we run into regarding magic." Eric sat back again, putting the talisman back under his shirt. "Still, it helped me get to my house and back today after waking up to deal with the daywalkers." He sipped his drink again, almost visibly agitated by the very thought of them.
"It's also a shame that this Bill Turner has left. I would have made quite a useful alliance with him." He shrugged and put it out of his mind. "Is there anything else you wanted to know, Dean? I'm not going to promise the moon and stars and say that the world will be better because of what I proposed to my kind, but... I can say that if they listened to my proposal with open minds, we might be able to put your kind out of a job."