I'll be fine. It's just the way I operate. [That might sound strange or perhaps arrogant, though he's not bragging, and he's not even being deliberately standoffish.

In fact, he likes this horse creature better than he likes most humans, which is why there's a sort of frank openness to the declaration.

He pauses a moment then, wanting to ask something but hesitating. It's an unusual display of sentiment from him, and it makes he somewhat uncomfortable, but after a few moments he does say what's on his mind.]

Where I come from, people think that unicorns are symbols of purity. Is that something you believe too?