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He smiles. "You are fishing for confirmation of the rumors that I am not truly of Earthly origin. I am of this world, I assure you. And yet…. Well, use your eyes. Do you see a human being before you?"

"Are you saying you are not human, or perhaps not wholly human?" you ask.

"Extraterrestrial and extra-dimensional beings walk this world as freely as you and I," he says. "You must already have witnessed such beings during your time at MetaHuman. Would you cast me among them? Do so, if you wish. Sadly, I have obligations that inhibit me from speaking of my earlier years. I can neither confirm nor deny your suspicions."

"You must realize that it would be difficult for me to place somebody about whom I know so little in a prominent position in this company."

Jon-Tarr doesn't answer that.