"He asks me if I remember the aliens," Jack mutters, mostly in jest. Then, with a wry smile, he says, "Yes, Mr. Rogers, I remember the aliens. These are... possibly comparable? Some of them. The alligator-things, certainly. But."

He waves the wrench a little at the room at large. He is, in fact, rather free with his gestures when he talks. "We are turning into monsters, too. Sort of. Some of us. Sometimes we lose control of ourselves. That is a concern, Mr. Rogers, having to maybe eventually fight each other."

Yes he is still being slightly weird, but do you really call the oldest superhero by his first name without permission? Even if you are, in fact, older than the oldest superhero...?