Perhaps I felt, given current circumstances, that it bore repeating. [Her tone is frosty now, after the word she didn't understand. It could have been a curse or an endearment, but since it's unrecognisable, it's still insulting.

Narcissa refuses to let his gaze intimidate her, and she lifts her chin in response to his comment regarding death.]

Are you a deity, then? Or simply so long-lived as to claim immortality for convenience's sake?

[There is some genuine curiosity underlying her question.]