[Magnus stiffens a little at that -- he's weird about people in his personal space. but apart from that, he doesn't lean away, picking up his sandwich again]

I'm -- [damn, she's in his grill? it's fine, Chase] -- still living, I eat and sleep and stuff, but I'm reanimated by spooky pagan death-god magic. My first death was the end of me being alive in the natural sense. I'm eterna-teen.

[he pauses, addressing her other question after a bite of sandwich]

I've done more with plants than animals because of my whole sun-demigod deal. Animals just seem to dig me, and I can like -- sense them? Like I know there's a nest of eggs in that tree across the street, I can feel them just sort of being alive and thinking egg-thoughts if I try.

[points with his sandwich]