[Connor is hard to offend, to really offend, to make him irritated or otherwise annoyed at how someone talks to him. There’s only the slightest bristle, seen in the straightening of his back, more borne out of curiosity why she’d be so quick to be wary of him.

Though, of course, the most obvious reason spills out in his mind first — likely a consequence of wherever she’s from, perhaps an unfamiliarity with this whole situation, an unease around others? That or she’s frustrated at her lack of progress, but the comment about androids is curiously pointed.]

Because we’re both members of the Circle. And as a result, expected to help each other. As a single unit sharing one goal, it would be disadvantageous to do otherwise.