[at this stage, Cecelia holds very little hope anyone has much expertise in such disasters, so she doesn't feel too much disappointment in his words.

even so, she writes a few footnotes in the journal she'd brought with her regarding his words before moving over to the other journal she uses to track changes in this space.]

Mm. In this case, it's not immortal beings so much as something of an immortal item...or, perhaps, concept. Which isn't too far off, is it?