Ah.

Yeah. [ His head cocks slightly. ] I guess when you put it like that, humans didn't have... energies [ that's the term he used, right? ] they had to control to begin with.

Made the humans hate us. [ He picks up another slice and chews it, talking with his mouth full. ] I was thirteen when people called me a demon and wanted me burned at the stake, and I was one hundred eighty-two when mankind decided to exterminate my people for good.

Ten years later and we pretty much were.