What was probably supposed to be a straightforward explanation just makes Clayton infinitely more confused. Or curious. It's hard to distinguish sometimes.

"Dwarves? Like the--" He cuts himself off, realizing almost too late that he's about to pigeonhole someone from a world he's never met into one of his Earth story stereotypes. They're probably nothing like that. "...Never mind. That still leaves the bees, though. Dwarves...like...bees?"

This is all very strange.