"I have had a few years to perfect the craft of cooking" Pakuna replied, "thank you for the compliment though" He studied her, still trying to figure out what she was. Clearly human, yet how could she do what she could? He took a few moments to answer her question about his kind. 

"You humans are taught that things of myth aren't real, things like werewolves, vampires, faeries, daemons, Angels, dragons, aren't real" He said carefully. "We leave in your world, as well as our own. I am a Phoenix. I have a human, and a Phoenix form. I chose to go between the both, depending on which world I am in, and who I am with" 

He shifted the great sword on his back, and sighed. "I brought you here because I believe some of my kind attacked you, and because of that, I believed you deserved our, or my customs at least. I was prepared to give you the death watch, standing silent over you until you passed, and then I saw your wounds healing" He trailed off, and stared at her, before saying, "How long have you been able to do this?"