It does not escape his notice that she's essentially confirmed what he said: he is the most interesting thing in this city. Which, of course, is obvious, because he's got an ego the size of this entire planet the Morningstar, one of the most powerful beings in his universe.

And he is also not going anywhere. She might be right about that, but he's right about her.

He watches her go, and his lips twitch in a secretive half-smile, the visual equivalent of a sing-song voice saying I know something you don't know--

"Yes," he says, like a promise.

There is the sound of heavy wing beats that doesn't stir a single iota of dust, and he is gone.