[Well, okay, he gets a laugh for that. Because as one who has experienced both, there was no mistaking that headache for a hangover, but he likes the careless attitude. Recognises it, at least.]

You really have been out of the loop. [He rubs at his forehead again, trying to decide how much to tell. If Petre knows so little, then he absolutely doesn't know anything about the fierce young man with the bleached blonde hair creating firebombs out of crashed cars at Alcatraz.]

Humankind dropped a rung on the evolutionary ladder while you weren't looking. They still can't pinpoint when, but it's been going on for a long time. Some huge jump years back that left behind a new subspecies with - a whole lot that humans aren't capable of. And it pisses them off almost as much as it scares them. [He drops his hand back into his lap and arches an eyebrow.] I say them because you obviously don't give a shit.