A nexus? [She tilts her head as she does her best to comprehend what he's saying. But as he goes it makes more sense to her]

Huh... then why do I look dead? I really thought I might be. [A pause.] Well! I'm glad I'm not actually dead then! That's a relief. [Her smile brightens and her eyes do too, she seems to just take him at his word.]

I suppose so, yeah! I hadn't really thought about it, but that would be strange.