[ iris clutches the glass of water like a liferaft, but he doesn't actually indulge in the drink yet as he gets busy considering finn's words. humans who changed a lot...? so much so that they didn't even remember they were human? it pulls at a thought in the back of iris' mind, bringing him back to his days on the tower... seeing jasmine and lotus demiflora among the people there, not realizing until he got out and saw others as they would naturally look just how much suppressing their powers affected them. it makes his smile weak as he's asked about his world. he fills the silence of his hesitation by finally taking that long gulp of water. ]

Uh... I don't know, they're — humans, I guess? [ how does one describe a concept he's never really had to consider would be alien to anybody? ] There's um... There's different kinds... Different races...

[ there's a long pause as he fiddles with the glass, wondering just how much is safe to say.

but he figures, if he can't safely talk about it here, all the way in freaking space, where else can he do it? ]

Then there's the demiflora. They're human too, just... with certain abilities.