It's a little bit weird. But then again, Ryoji's still assuming she's human.

"Well, some people might be nicer to you because of your age, but a lot wouldn't. They'd send you out to situations where you would get hurt, or try and hurt you themselves if they thought it would help them." He's being vague intentionally, because while he knows way, way more bad stuff than most people think he would, he still has a suspicion he doesn't know all of it. "And if something happens to you, telling people is harder because you'd get in trouble too."