"Most things that think that they are both are neither," he comments, though it's not a threat in the slightest. It's more something he's talking about in his own past than in either of their presents or perhaps acknowledgement that if Phillip is truly both of those things, he's something special.

He raises an eyebrow, looking sideways at Phillip,

"Teleport, hm? Handy. I suppose you find all of whatever this city does to be infinitely avoidable, then," there's something of a twist to his lips that suggests that he knows full well that's unlikely to be true, but it's companionable, a joke rather than anything cruel.