Beverly's lips curl upwards with amusement. "Don't worry about it. We didn't talk about a lot of gritty life details." At least not until Beverly ran into that mist and started spitting out everything she was thinking. But they didn't get to talking about a lot of Helen's life. "She once called herself old, but I never asked if that was what she felt or what she chronologically was. The distinction didn't really seem to matter. I assumed she's been through a lot."

It wouldn't have mattered to Beverly at any rate. Human lifespans were increasing over the centuries and she's been around enough half-humans and other species to understand that differing lifespans exist. Knowing that a human had a longer lifespan than expected would hardly have been a novelty to her.