Well, you have to at least work a little. Otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation at all, I don't think. Literally!

[It's easier to be blase about it, when he understands so little about what Cole is and how he works. It's just in a mage's nature to be wary of anything across the Veil, even if Cole's on the wrong side of it for now.]

But, really, in the end— how much does it matter? You'd be you if you were mortal or not, presumably. [a beat] You'd just be you longer in one case, I suppose.