[Though he can’t shift his face to any form of his true self, Valerius’ lips still stretched into a vicious smile. To be acknowledged without having to offer any hints was delectable, a true delight.]

Indeed it is a human aspect, and from where I originate, one of gods as well.

[Looking directly into the woman’s eyes, he places a hand to his chest, where a frigid heart beats beneath false flesh. His voice is low enough where only Jack-O could hear him, but laced with a razor’s edge] It was from a god’s pride and the sins of their child that I was born, to be precise…

[He glances around, no one was listening. Too many were keeping their distance in fact. Good.]
You could say I enjoy comparing and contrasting the pride of both creatures...