[What's with the uncomfortable look? Quick mental backtrack to what exactly he said. He figures either there's something about the way Acumen has restricted her that makes her uncomfortable to think of it, or the "mortal" bit was an oversimplification clearly the blatant ego display couldn't possibly make anyone uncomfortable. He really shouldn't generalise in this place, he knows, but he's so damn used to being able to instantly tell.
And that's half a second's worth of confusion on his face before he's back to smiling] Where did the enthusiasm go? I liked that much better. I hope it wasn't something I said?