Hm. His intent hadn't been to force Sorey to feel guilty, but he can sense the effect, and he pauses before he continues this line of questioning. However this goes, he... wants to ask. And Sorey has yet to tell him to stop. So, after a moment, "Why did you? What makes you different?"

He doesn't know humans. He doesn't know how they think or why they act any particular way. Sorey's the only human he even knows by name. So much of this is unknown territory for him, but he's... curious? Yes, curious, that's the word.