"Die-ke," Huaisang attempts to repeat, struggling with the rk phoneme but deciding that he likes Dieke well enough as a name. "You may call me Huaisang."

The spirit looks human enough, now, and certainly far less frightening. Huaisang still wants to try to get answers to some of his questions, however, and he's only getting more questions as things progress. "Are you hungry? Thirsty? Is there something else you need?"