Her nod is slow and thoughtful. In her own way, she'd been about to die, too - or at least, cease being a seperate being. If everything had gone as planned, it would have been the death of what she was then. (For the best, of course, for the best - as she always had to tell herself.) That last comment makes her raise her eyes to regard him curiously; it's obvious she's wondering what that was all about, but she refrains from vocalizing any related questions. Instead, "... They do seem to say a lot of things they probably shouldn't."