[That attitude bites badly and he can't help but tense up some, head turned away to look at nothing in particular. He knows how it came across and it wasn't exactly a misinterpretation, not really. He doesn't know Helix all that well but he knows how different they are, and although Aidan could occupy himself here for the rest of his life with little to no problems... Helix is different.
Backwards encouragement, and now he really regrets saying anything. ]