"Oh! Does that mean you're acquainted with that fish? ...Or used to be, rather."

No judgment, it's just if a mystical fish went in his chest, he would either want ongoing proof of life OR some evidence that it had moved on to bluer seas. But he understands that everyone wants and needs different things from their mystic fish interactions.

"Oh. I don't know. I don't think he was generally involved with the exciting or important afterlife stuff... It seems like he was just kind overworked and tired a lot of the time."