Emerick was ready to respond until Loki continued, mentioning that he wasn't sure of the ecosystem of Earth. The statement made no sense - were they not both men of Earth standing beside each other in this new, strange hell? There had been some discrepancies between those he'd spoken to prior but everyone seemed to have been from some iteration of "Earth", and all that he'd spoken to so far were definitely human. Emerick couldn't help but openly stare at Loki as if he'd just sprouted a second head. What the fuck did that statement even mean?

"I don't mean to ignore your question, but what do you mean that you don't 'pretend to know the ecosystem of Earth'? If you're not from Earth, then where are you from?"

And truly, Emerick didn't mean to completely disregard Loki's question. The ultimate truth was that he wasn't sure. Plants were alive, yes, but it was different than animals. Emerick could feel a thousand excuses for why plants were still here while animals needed to go churning in the back of his head. It ranged from something as simple as plants were easy to control and didn't move, to some discussion about ecological systems that Emerick only had a very, very high level, loose understanding of.

Whatever reason the plants were still here paled in comparison to the possibility that Loki himself was some alien that may not even be human.