[The mention of Gnosticism is interesting. Ciel would know it with her questionable Church background, at least to a certain measure, though a particular reincarnator's memory only goes up to the past 800 years. Much like how there are different schools of magecraft developed by different families rooted in different traditions, there are powers within the Holy Church that similarly sees variance due to the exact nature of the faith. They are fringe and minor however, as the most powerful sacraments are powerful precisely because they are the most widely believed across the entire planet that humanity inhabits. That this man would know of it...

He's absolutely not ordinary.]

It is a little uncanny, isn't it? Almost like confirming that the roots of human beliefs do overlap across dimensions in some way, no matter how strange and alien our new situation seems.

[And likewise, her expression shifts to a quieter smile once he confirms the Abyss. If he's chosen, then that makes things easier. She does glance at Howl and seems to look pensive for a second as he hands her the basket, but ultimately accepts it and doesn't say anything more. Her companion has stepped up to handle this, so she'll let him do just that, even as he's continuing forward while missing pieces of himself.]