"You think I'm insane," Keman said. He wasn't hurt or offended, he was merely stating fact. Jones didn't sound like he believed him, and probably thought he was a raving lunatic.

"To answer your question, no I'm not an alien. Or, at least, I don't think I am. I'm unfamiliar with the term." The way that Jones had said it made it sound rather negative. "And I'm not from 'Mars.' There are different planes of reality in the universe...I just happen to be from one." He was ignoring the 'ordinary kid' comment for right now. If he wanted to convince Jones that he was, in fact, sane, suddenly coming out with 'oh, by the way, I'm a shape-shifting dragon' probably wouldn't help his cause any.