"Even if you touched me while it was happening, you would only be harmed if my tailblade formed under your hand." Which is definitely not how it looks! He considers for a moment, and in thought-speech adds, <Or if I morphed something hazardous. I'd rather the company not know that's an option, of course.>

"Andalite women are better at science than Andalite men. Art, too. The idea is that men are more charismatic and can make more quick decisions and women are more intelligent and better at long-term thinking. It may be our culture, it may be some kind of innate tendency." He smiles more with one side of his mouth than the other, remembering something.