Mikael shrugs. "I haven't really considered myself one for quite some years now. It didn't seem like a relevant question. But it does make wonder what on earth are you. You and the man I fought seem... different from these Hollows. At first I thought me, him and you are the same class of beings, but the implication seems to be that I'm alive, where as you are not." Mikael lets out a nervous chuckle. "Hardly surprising considering you have a hole going through your body, now that I think of it."

"But yeah. What exactly are you? Are you someone like me, just... dead? And how do we relate to these Hollow creatures? Could... could I..., Mikael lifts his right hand and points at the location where the White Devil died, "Could I change shape like that man I fought? I think it's safe to assume you, at least, have similar ability."