Yeah, he knew when he said it that conviction hadn't been on his side. Yet it was an answer he'd work on, one that might work for him.

"I hear there are a lot of modifications people get. Mostly..." He gestured at his chest, but it was enough for him to slide the gun back into the holster before vaulting over the railing and dropping down to stand before the man. "And I'm not having any surgery there," he said. "As for the ears, they're just for picking up girls."

Okay that one he might have made sound more realistic. "Also, if you're avoiding combat and wishing for civilized, your hands in your pockets are suspicious."