[ He laughed, softly. ] I should think I am, and Oscar was always...

Well, he had a very particular interest, didn't he? Precise. He never spent time with someone below his standards, if he could help it.

[ But still. To be immortal, and be Dorian Gray, and to not know any other immortals was interesting.

But what was more interesting, was that he knew Oscar, and obviously Oscar would have written a book about him, instead of the metaphor of Merritt. ]

You don't happen to know a Damon Merritt, do you?

[ He asked, out of the blue. ]