[ He nods to indicate he understands before taking a moment to consider who he might send such a curse onto. Armand, for sure, but that's only one person out of the eventual five. ]

Was this a curse that was sent to you, and I'm one of the people you're using to save yourself... or has this curse come from some kind of ability you have?

[ He seems genuinely curious, in a way, wanting to get to the bottom of the nature of this magic before he goes passing it along like a bad cold. ]