" Although he hasn’t introduced himself to me yet.”

“Then let me do it—this is Senator Tod,” I said, and Henry added, “Tod Nord, as in North.”

“North as in south?” asked Arthur.

Senator Tod nodded.

“And is that your only name?” asked Henry, although the obvious question, of course, would have been How do you know our names? Or What do you want from us?

Senator Tod laughed again. “Oh, no! I have many names, my boy. I told you some of them at our first meeting.”

“You’re not a demon, by any chance?” I inquired as casually as possible. “From ancient times, Lord of Shadows and Darkness and all that?”

Both Henry and Arthur shot me glances of annoyance.

“Well, I was only wondering…,” I murmured. “He talks in that high-flown way, he says he has many names—I just wanted to be on the safe side. "

― Kerstin Gier , Das zweite Buch der Träume (Silber, #2)