He circled you slowly, like a predator toying with its prey, each step calculated, his smile never faltering.

"You humans," he began. "always so fragile. Always so… breakable." He paused just behind you, his breath ghosting across your skin. "But it doesn’t have to be that way."

His fingers brushed your arm, light but cold. "I could give you strength," he murmured, stepping closer, his voice dripping with temptation. "You wouldn’t have to fear pain anymore. No more weakness. No more limitations." He grinned. "You could live forever, never aging, never dying. Think of the power you’d have at your fingertips."

He leaned down, his lips close to your ear. "All you have to do… is say yes."