It sounds very naive to her, and she's wondering, but... again. He doesn't seem dangerous to her. Only ...strange. Which can of course mean trouble by itself, but it can also be neutral or even positive. "That might sometimes be true on an individual level," like when you're raising children, "but I've rarely, if ever seen it work for groups of people. A person can be taught how to help themselves, a group will do worse for any meddling from the outside that it receives." And he seems to be no less an outside here than she is. Knowing when to not meddle is almost more important than knowing when to meddle, in her opinion.

...And that was an interesting question. Not so much because of the content or because it is asked at all, but because he seems to be serious about his question. That makes her wonder.

She shakes her head and chuckles. "No, I am very much human. I simply consider myself to be more ...attentive than most." Not the worst description and not the best, but she is definitely very much a squishy little human. "Are you?" The question doesn't come out nearly as casually as she meant it to sound, but she tried.