[The comment about his name only earns a simple dull-eyed look, and no response. Whatever he was in his living, it matters not now that he is little else than one more regretful ghost. Perhaps it mattered very little even then, honestly, with the vipers that snapped at his heels to make him fumble and the monstrous entity he really is underneath the skin of a human.]

[He doesn't move when she ventures closer, either, merely adjusts his legs so that he can see her slightly better. The Rattata clinging to his knee stays right there despite the movement, just watching curiously along with all of its kin as the two bird-like Pokemon come closer.]

Yes... I have heard of such a creature. The legend is apparently well known, in this town if nowhere else.

[Well, all towns and cities have their own legends that an outsider would be unaware of upon first stepping past the gates. That much isn't surprising. As the Murkrow approaches, Dimitri glances at it with at least a bit more... liveliness than before, and he shifts his arm until his hand is loosely held out towards it.]

[He knew some nobles familiar with falconry and the like, but he was more a person of horses and hounds... and that's not even taking into account how different these strange creatures are to those he knew from home. He sticks with this for now, a simple offering of his hand to inspect if the creature wishes to. In the meanwhile, the Rattata all over him peer over at their company, each seeming to have their attention snagged by a different bird... including the human-looking one speaking.]

I have overheard the name of the creature in the other tower... Ho-Oh, if my memory serves.