[ Blink. Stare. He knows she's from the same place Erik is but not how closely they're involved with each other. ] Does Erik have a legit school of weird people he just processes into soldiers? Is that seriously what that is? Like a commune or cult or something? I knew it was a cult...

[ judging a little. Not Satan because Satan is perfect, but judging Erik 5ever. He swallows at 'no one gets used to death' because it's true. its the most goddamn terrifying thing ever and each time is all that much more so because he's just thinking is this the time i'm not going to wake up. So the tone is a little more vacant, but still nonchalant as he can make it. ]

I might be flattered if I knew who that was.