[She nods along with his explanation, expression still a little confused but slowly turning to dawning understanding or something like it.]

So kind of like zombies? Not that we have those, either. [But dead-except-not and eating people-ish sounds like... maybe zombies?]

The... unliving forever part doesn't sound so bad, but I can't imagine getting set on fire by the sun. I'm guessing you didn't want to be a vampire?