[ ...Ah, yes. Any Sankta would instantly stand out due to the brightness of their halos as well as the luminosity of their wings, and this one was no exception. Additionally, he wears white — well, there's technically no wrong colour to wear in this sort of occasion, but it still came off as something of a shock. A contrast, to both the evening's glow and Phantom's own formal wear.

He studied him for a moment; the face looks unfamiliar. He'd never seen him before among the ranks of the Sanktas of Rhodes Island. Additionally, Phantom didn't participate in the Lateran operation earlier this year - months before the point where he found himself in Aldric's Grove - the one that The Doctor handles before The Summit of Nations, and thus, he truly was unfamiliar to him. ]

...Perhaps I am waiting for someone. But I have no clue if the false god will bring him here or not. [ There is a slight pause afterwards, but perhaps it was the atmosphere and the setting, since in the end, he took the Sankta's offered hand with his own darkly-gloved one. ] If you would consent to a dance with a shadow, then this one is yours, Father.

[ His new companion had the air of a priest, after all. A proper one, unlike their more...eccentric one here in the Grove, even if Wolfwood had insisted that he's not a priest. ]

And an Infected.