Khalid sat down on the arm of the chair that Jeane was sitting on. That way, she could stay close to Jeane, just in case, and she didn't have to push Cal off the couch. She was still wary of being in the same room with him.

"So what, exactly, are you asking about?" she asked, watching the two of them.

"If I may ask, first," Niko started, "you aren't human, are you?"

Khalid hesitated for a moment. She didn't like being called on it quite so fast. She'd learned how to blend in damn well over the centuries, and she wasn't used to being identified so quickly.

"A djinn," she admitted after a moment. She stayed close to Jeane, not moving away from her at all. Niko raised an eyebrow, intrigued.

"A djinn?" he repeated. "The same djinn that inspired the tales of genies?"

"Damn posers," Khalid grumbled.