"Who might you be?" He asked, hoping that the mortal could understand him, but it was not to be. As the mortal scowled and didn't answer, merely shouting something he couldn't understand. he decided the mortal couldn't understand him, and quickly caught and absorbed the soul, so he could get the knowledge contained. Of course it was unnecessary, but that mortal had scowled and insulted him? Was it an insult? It was probably an insult, so it was perfectly within his rights to consume it's soul.
