It is not at all unusual for his mind to immediately try to categorize what he sees with something familiar, even knowing this place takes from all kinds of worlds. A djinn? Water genasi? Tiefling (with...no horns or tail)? He puts all of those away as nothing but witless suppositions.

It's a fair question. He himself has been wandering a while, taking in the surroundings in search of some kind of answer. He doesn't know why he felt like he would find some here tonight, what pulled him. But this area felt like the center of it. So he sought. He waited. He still waits.

"Later, but I don't believe that unmasking has begun."