PARTY FUNTIMES
"Those humans you love so much, Charles. They see no crime in actively extorting every single person with powers in this damnable place."
He'll unlock and hand over his device because he is not getting into all of this at a party. He'll go back to his book instead. Not like he's actually reading it.
"But they may take 19th century book spoilers with the appropriate air of gravitas it deserves."