He does not understand. Why does Rashad continue to make erroneous assumptions about this being's comprehension? It seems somehow as though he should understand, but there is no rational reason to suppose such to be the case. It may be that his initial fear that Daniel might be an angel is still clouding his judgment.

"I have never been human," he says perhaps too sharply, insulted though it is clearly not meant as an insult. "This form is -- is flawed, but it is not human."