"Oh. That's nice. I've never met an Octoling. You're not going to eat people, right? I'm not supposed to let anyone eat people." He doesn't look like a typical monster and Jack himself is a monster so he wouldn't use such a loaded question. But if his new friend is one then he'll have to be a hunter at him, and he really hopes not. He also expects Eight to tell the truth about whether he's a bad guy, rather than jumping to conclusions.

"Oh, I hope not. That would be discrimination and that's bad." Jack knows that much. In that situation, he wonders if being half human would be good enough, because he does need a job and money. He needs to get rid of his debt and set up somewhere in case his family comes here.

"I'm only half human," he admits, giving his secret right away. "But I thought maybe it would be smart to pretend otherwise, in case there are people who don't like that." But if Eight isn't pretending to be human, it should be okay.