Oh no, certainly not, [he answers instantly, as if the prospect is a little awful to him and he's guiltily trying to pretend it isn't.]

I've been around on Earth since the Beginning. The rest of the host does reside Up There, however. I'm... considered an oddity. [Which he doesn't seem to particularly mind.] This is actually a human form I've taken to interact with you on a physical level. Rather convenient and completely dreadful to get replaced.