[he makes a soft, somewhat noncommittal noise, but there's something bitter in his expression for a second. jealous in a way he can't recognize, most likely, that someone who has met 2 million humans can have an opinion like that.

the second statement replaces that look with amusement, though.]

Mm, we have certainly already been given a good example of what terrible things can happen when one begins to think in such stark terms.