As soon as Nene finished speaking, Kostya laughed, which perhaps bordered on hysterical, at the notion that one could actually own a spirit. To him, they were things usually too large and powerful to belong to a human.

After a while though, he managed to calm down enough to continue the conversation.

"To be honest, I've never heard of a spirit in my world that...belongs to a human. I've heard of ones held captive, but that doesn't really mean that they belonged to them."