Being concerned with consequences is for losers anyway. But it's likely she's more able to think along those lines than he is, and she's right to think that he is, at best, a troublesome party guest and at worst a hazard to life and limb. But for now at least he maintains his (relatively) gracious demeanor, following her from the park, though he's pretty clearly bristling at the future under the surface.

All-powerful governments? He hasn't had any dealings with those, but is opposed to them on the same principle as the factions and their nosiness. "And have they proven to be less meddlesome, then? Of course, you're only human, what's to meddle with." Don't take it badly, in this case it's a blessing, really. Despite her explanation it doesn't occur to him that she might speak from experience about the powers thing, and he doesn't know enough of her history to mark her down as actually fairly competent, and worth keeping track of.