[It wasn't an insult, at least. Her elaboration on the subject gets little reaction from Shun, though.]

Better to piss them off early than put up some false front so they just whine about me being rude later instead. I'd rather people not paint some kind of optimistic wrong impression of me.

[In other words, he's fully aware he's kind of an asshole, he just doesn't care. Empty words and empty sentiments aren't something he bothers with, even if that means coming off as unpleasant to people more often than not.

The vulture, meanwhile, has apparently decided that Chinatsu's hand is good, so it progresses to nudging its head at her hand a little more urgently rather than just casual bumps.]