[ Duo is... actually fairly shocked at the fact that Alphinaud hits a lot of it right on the head. Living on the street and being 'raised' (if one could call it that) as he had didn't always lead people to the best impressions, the best ways f thinking on how he'll behave as a person in general.

Alphinaud knowing a particularly sensitive bit of information about him as well doesn't really help. He'd thought for sure it'd be a more prominent part of his arguments, but instead..

Instead he's locked on to many things, a bit of pack mentality, all the things he hadn't quite expected to hear. ]

If you'd seen the gang of kids I grew up with it wouldn't seem so rare. [ He shrugs, not really sure how to continue now that all his snarky lines already lined up in his head are all useless. ]

Granted, you .. literally can't. [ And not because they're sleeping in pods, either. ] So I guess you'll just have to take my word for it.