He didn't pretend dead! He's already dead and he was not at all pretending to have his soul taken out of his body, you jerk!

Either way, he blinks at the abrupt question, opening his mouth to answer almost as quickly. And then closing it again. He takes a beat to find exactly what he wants to say first before nodding hesitantly.

"If I have to, I could. She says she has to do it though," he answers, a question there in his tone. Is that how that has to work?