"Well. Assuming that it's the same crazy genocidal sea hag we're talking about," and that was still an if: recent events had more than proven that there were at least one alternate universe him, after all. "Assuming that's true, I heard rumors that she had some kind of superior. Some demon, crueler than she was: the only thing she feared."

There was a pause, punctuated by a bit of water. "Who knows if that's true." He had reason to believe it was (if not, why would Jake's grandmother get killed?) but it was far from a confirmation.