[ The new display of magic is noted and filed away, though he doesn't show his disquiet at it - just as much disquiet as he feels at the mention of cheating death in her own world. All it gets out of him is an arched eyebrow, though. ]

Cheating death may give you an advantage at home but it's nothing extraordinary here. You aren't the only one who has died before. [ He lets a heartbeat pass. ] Nor am I going to be wounded by being told I'm boring.

[ That much is just the truth. Nobody's ever accused him of being a fun machine, even his most kindly inclined friends think he's a stick in the mud. ]