A telepathic Mephistopheles might just as well kill him now; he'd never be free of him. But for now, he simply nodded at the demon's last statement. "I know. And I have, at least, beginnings."
He watched the bird, interested in spite of himself. It was really a beautiful creature, if dark and strangely colored. "Do you dream when you sleep? Some immortals do, some do not."