Not missing a beat. Considering how quickly he could figure Helix out the kid should probably take that possibility into consideration, even more so since he hit the bull's eye with a few details that he wasn't displaying in the open - or so he thought. As for the criminals back home... they were clever. Too clever, sometimes.
"Maybe so, but Acumen doesn't take circumstances into account. I'm not saying anyone here is innocent, but that doesn't mean that there aren't a few who would never be considered criminals under common law. Or do you believe that killing someone in self defense is equal to first degree murder? "
Questions of moral importance, ahoy. This was something he'd been coming back to ever since he arrived and seeing as they seemed to have different opinions on a lot of things it wouldn't hurt to ask. Not that he'd stay away from the personal aspects for very long - in fact, he almost immediately shoved the conversation back on track.
"Even without him..?" His room-mate. The guy he's so obviously in love with.