[ You're lucky this lion happens to have nigh infinite patience, Gilgamesh. If something untoward is meant by that comment, it doesn't show on his face.

He merely regards the other with the same poise that he has from the start. Thoughtful and unruffled. ]

I have been many things to many people.

[ A demon, a tyrant, a cat, a lamb -- the list goes one. It does not change who and what he is.

He tilts his head slightly at the question. ]

The In-Between Places of the World have ever been unique, though I cannot say I ever heard tell of this one.

I am no stranger to magic and those who wield it, nor the tides of warring factions. In that respect, it might be called a world like any other.

[ Might, save for the fact that he cannot leave it. That in itself speaks of power far great than any he's seen thus far.

His eyes meet Gilgamesh's squarely, and he states his answer plainly. ]

I see the hearts of men.

[ A great many others things too, but there's no reason to say that yet. ]