Soldat is... not great with animal body language, frankly. Birds especially. The only animals they're really good at understanding are cats and one specific spirit-dog back in Beacon. So the big black bird? Complete mystery. They're not actually even sure whether poor Bob is a crow, a raven, or some other mysterious black bird.

"As far as I'm aware, no gods, no," they answer. "Not ones that people can actually contact and hear back from. No magic either, if that helps. My roommate says he's Death Incarnate, though, so I'm. Kind of familiar with the concept."