Huh... maybe he's getting over it like he said he was...

"Nah, I'm not exactly a bird-brain. I only remember humans in the history I learned, though. We'd gone over this before." He adds with a gesture with a temporarily freed hand. "If being from another time bothers you so much, then why is it you can handle the idea of cars and televisions and computers, anyway? You seem to manage those well enough."