"No no, it's...it's fine. I was just surprised. I've never seen anything like that before."

Eight doesn't think of himself as having "powers." His abilities are just things he can do, just like sharks can bite through wood, crabs can wear multiple pairs of shoes at once, and humans can...reach high shelves, he supposes. If that's what these angels can do, than that's just how it is, right?

...If they weren't protecting people, they'd probably be at the very top of the food chain.

"Where I'm from, we have swarms of Salmonids who devour everything in their path, but...we just have ink weapons and slop suits to fight them off."