Steve is in complete agreement with her on that, but he's resigned himself to the fact that as long as there is something different about someone, humans will always pity or hate the Other. It doesn't matter how young they are, or how innocent the child is of any of it.

Still, maybe he was a little harsh. Not toward her, but still. "Sorry." He rubs a thumb between his eyebrows, just above his nose. "I just think it's stupid when anybody looks down on anybody else, just because they're not the same. That's the whole point of being human, isn't it? That we're diverse. We're not homogeneous. I like that about us."

How did they go from getting-to-know-you light conversation, to philosophy about humankind? He has the worst skills at chatting to women.