[he grits his teeth lightly, looking away. can't help but flush a little at the mention of it being something poe loves about him.]

It just... shouldn't be a big deal. It makes me feel like I'm performing an act of charity, and-- you know, if I had been ported in a couple days earlier in my life then people would be treating me the same way as well. Like-- not a person but a project. People did that anyway, and it's my fault for not listening to them, but...

I don't know. I don't like it.