Yeah, uh... now and then. [When he finds ones that can speak Japanese, anyway. He's guessing, from the sound of it, that what she's calling the 'agents' of gods would probably be closer to what he would think of as the gods themselves, which...]

Where I'm from, most of "Nature's" intentions were carried out by animals, so it was mostly a matter of observation.

[And the times it wasn't got... complicated. He sort of hopes he can avoid talking about that, if he's honest.]