[ There'd been a time where Duo would have been surprised to be addressed in the same way - just very different reasons. As it stood he has no reason to treat him any differently, despite all the obvious physical things that might make a person do so. ]

But why - [ He pauses, stops himself with 'bother to make you look so human' - he knows that's not the right way to word that at all, even being the street kid he is. Duo's lips purse, hands shoving in to his pockets as he rocks on to his heels and then back, sucking on his teeth as he thinks. ] - Listen, I know this is the wrong way to say it, but then why bother making your people so.. intelligent. And life like.

[ He taps his finger to the side of his head, the same as Connor's LED. ]

Not that I know what you or 'your people' are, but you take that away and I wouldn't know a damn thing if you changed your clothes from the next human over.

[ Though.. on the subject of cruel. ] .. Being cruel just seems to be the M.O. of anything with some form of intelligence. Even across worlds, if the natives back in Olympia and Wyver are anything to go by.