"As far as I know, it's not a joke, and I've heard it confirmed from more than one source." Claude shrugs. "Steven was the first to mention it to me - apparently, when those of us who came here from other worlds go through something that kills us, we abruptly wake up unharmed at the nearest pokémon center as though nothing had happened. So I guess maybe it's not accurate to say we can't die, so much as if we do, we're instantly resurrected? But apparently it's happened and been confirmed here, and it seems like the strangest thing in the world to lie about. Definitely the strangest thing for multiple people to lie about, in such a specific way."