[It at least helps her understand what exactly is going on in this place and to keep an eye on him whether he likes it or not. Self preservation is for nerds, but for other people is an entirely different story.]

Some things never change, I guess... [She's not a fan of hearing that, but it's not as if she could really do anything about it. But if he's doing as well at living said life, then that's all she can really hope for. Tenacious and intelligent continues even through reincarnation, she sees.]

The parts that were missing, yes! Luckily the people of this place were very friendly and quite helpful with figuring out how all of this works. It's... refreshing to see. And someone else from the past? [He has her attention now, he can't just say that and not give her details!]