Malcolm salutes the child with one of his gloved hands with a slight smile pleased with the child's delighted squeal. "A gold star would be a nice change from monster dust," he replies enjoying the snarky back and forth it's a rare treat to get to indulge his real personality around fellow Apprentices. Just because he looks like a Disney prince doesn't mean he is one. "I was dead," he said his tone blunt, "so I would assume Hades would be the one to bring me here given I was in his kingdom before my heart was beating again. Though why he chose me I have no idea."