Well, at least this guy seems appropriately cynical about the whole thing. He really doesn't know why Ambrose thinks this behavior is going to encourage people to gather under his banner, unless they are either evil or indolent.

The question would be more surprising if Estinien wasn't already accustomed to speaking to creatures that are wholly inhuman. He raises a shoulder - the answer is complicated.

"I'm a male Elezen," he says. "Which is close enough to 'human' as far as someone like you is concerned." That is, a non-human, he assumes. "There are physical and cultural differences, but nothing that'd mean much to a stranger."

He gives Louis an appraising look.

"...I am familiar with something like your kind, but similarly not in the specifics. What do you call yourself?"