"Glad you finally came up to your senses, John," Mishra said to him.
"To make it safe, I will be striking a deal with the god I serve," she lied to him. She knew that this was unchartered grounds for John, and asking him to strike a deal with an unknown being would be close to impossible. He was a smart man, and she anticipated he would use her life as it was as a yardstick to see whether or not he would like to common the god she was serving. She had shown enough joy and affluence to convince him. And knowing that finances were the biggest of his problems, she knew she was a perfect example of what he would need.
"I have a deal with Nifrem," she told him to let the name sink in. John had never heard that name before and he did not know who it was but he looked at Mishra and knowing her
