They smirk, amused at his suggestion. "Oh no, certainly not." And that's all the answer he'll get from them, he doesn't need to know any more.

"You say this is your dream," they continue, intrigued by this mortal all the same, "but this place, it's more than that, surely. How is it that you can be so human and yet this is a part of you?" Because that other, deeper consciousness is still there, Desire is aware of it, somehow attached to this small and meek creature. He's more interesting than any of the other humans they've observed, of that they're certain.