"Oh? Is that an offer, or a threat?" he replies. "Because where I'm standing, you're not terribly threatening, just a lost, impotent spirit, waiting to reform. As to 'them', well, I can know everything, and nothing. All I need to do is ask, and pay the price. They do so love information." At Draiss' likely shocked look, he reassures him, "Oh, I'd never tell them anything about you. In fact, I lie quite well, as well as you do to your little puppets. They love it, and always ask for more."