Of course, he can feel it, hear it --the shock and the forethoughts that he'll always pick up on, so long as he has his mind open to such things-- but he's prepared for that. And as soon as that is done racing through her mind, as soon as he hears her words, he thinks to himself that that's a lot better than most people take it.

"The world's biggest." He says, hesitance breaking into something much more easy. "Or at least in the top five. And to think you matched me." Which he'd been instantly charmed by.

Then, a little more seriously, "You'll forgive me for not telling you before, but we're something of a hidden minority in my world. Old survival habits die hard. And I assure you, I'll give you your privacy, not that my assurance seems like much."