He moves away from the near-touch, very subtly but visibly to someone with her abilities, then relaxes with obvious relief when it never meets its mark. The apology brings a flash of anger to his face, but it's quickly replaced by cold arrogance.

"You're close. You got that they're scared of us and that's why they hate us, but it's not because they don't understand. The gene's been mapped and everything, they understand us perfectly. The reason they're scared is because we're better than them."