It was a reaction that he was used to after so long on Earth, the odd one out among the humans at the Academy. Always that strange one that could never really hide it. He'd learned to ignore the stares, the unease--all of it was illogical and unneccesarily emotional anyway, and he would not become as human as the beings around him.

"That particular stipulation seems to have been foregone. Which seems to present a certain rebuttal of preciously believed facts."