He listens with a thoughtful look, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Hellboy knows a lot about the supernatural, but there's also a hell of a lot he doesn't know, especially with all the lore and inner-workings of other worlds thrown into the mix.

All he knows is the word necromancy sets his teeth on edge. He knows plenty about that, and thinking of the Emperor's power that way lights an angry spark in his stomach.

But he'll save that for later. For now, it's business. Fact-finding. For now that's all he can do.

"So you're a medium," he offers, hoping she understands the term. Right now he only thinks he has an idea of what she means.