"Of course I'm an asset. On a real battlefield, I'd mow the Regency down like the rabble they are."

She sounds boastful, assuming that he's finally recognizing her many talents; even if very few of those actually exist outside of her own mind.

"Just think of me as something superior to a human, and you'll get the idea. That's why I don't care about them." Explaining herself fully to someone she barely tolerates... that's a bridge too far. Maybe if she was as proud of being inhuman as she says she is, she'd be more open about it; but, in truth, she only hates humans because she envies them. "So, I'll be fine where we're going. What about you?"