"Okay, okay!" Ben put his hands up in surrender. Apparently it was a touchy subject. So sue him for being a realist.
He gravbed a cookie and started munching on it as he thought about her question. "I hope so," he said finally, "I think someone has to eventually figure out that we're all still human." And that they hadn't exactly done this to themselves for fun. "Just because we have something that most people don't, doesn't necessarily mean we're going to use it to harm. Just because you have a car, doesn't mean you're going to run someone over." He shrugged, "But there are always going to be people who will do just that. Not much you can do."