Devin's eyebrows went up in unvarnished surprise. She was an empath, after all; she'd be able to tell when he was feeling no matter how well he disguised it. The glare was of no concern.

"That sounds like a long and highly unpleasant process. Wouldn't it be easier to have a meal at least once a day, rather than this?" he asked rhetorically. "Is soul energy the key to your functional immortality?"

This he was actually intrigued about. It seemed that Valdis had everything to do with souls, from her ability to see them to the tie with Revelations.