Impending doom (2)
But this could be used to get something he wanted, "okay, let's say for the sake of argument that it's true. You need me to do things towards that end right? Then you need to earn my trust, why don't we start with something simple? Tell me what happened that night and what's wrong with Celine."
In fact this whole thing started because he thought this thing must've seen what happened that night while he was… dying. If so, then he could solve the mystery for him.
"It's not that complicated she just sold her soul to save you. Okay, now let's talk about important matt—"
"Stop! Explain properly. This is a very important matter for me." Esdras made sure to stress his words to make his point.
"Fine. I wanted to avoid useless explanations. There isn't much else to say anyway, while you were dying she desperately wanted to save you, but she couldn't. That was probably when she heard a voice answer her call. It's a classic really not very creative but still gets the job done."