Hux is not attempting to get into semantics; he genuinely enjoys these conversations, but he also understands that his love of minutia can be annoying to others--there is more than a few reasons why he doesn't have many people close to him in his own world.

Still, he lets the subject drop, frowning a bit as he hears some sound of an animal, but decides it isn't anything dangerous.

"It is a logical conclusion--so far we haven't found an correlation. But again, there are so few samples it is hard to draw any sort of extrapolation." After a few beats, he snorts, shaking his head. "Forgive me, I often speak like a detracted creature. The enlisted corps actually started a rumor that I was an android because of it."