Ah... Well.

[ He bows his head lightly as if sheepishly, then gives a helpless little shrug. ]

Near immediately, I must admit. It may sound a bit strange, especially if you hail from a place where the fantastic is rare, but I simply have an affinity with Zenith. Not as a group, but as the force that backs it. I suppose it could be called magical, but I do not know if that is accurate.

[ And besides that, Lady Yima had given him something he deeply wanted. Sitting in his elegant home in a quiet place is a single Shard. It's not kept anywhere esteemed or loved like others who had recieved Shards, though. It's simply tucked away and waiting for the day that Sebastian decides it's the perfect indulgence. He had cultivated Ciel's soul for nearly four years, after all. With his perfect opportunity to eat it stolen from him, he has to settle for this.

He'd much rather be honest about his being (as it's hardly a secret in the first place) than to reveal that vicious truth. ]

I feel rather certain that Meridian would simply reject me. A rather disappointing and incomplete answer, I know, but it is the truth.