I think it is so ingrained in their culture it wouldn't occur to him not to pull back some. Your earth, despite its lack of contact with other species, seems more evolved than his in certain ways.
So in short, it's not that he is such a man as much as it is that I believe that is all he knows.
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So in short, it's not that he is such a man as much as it is that I believe that is all he knows.