He doesn't miss that 'for the most part' bit. And he'll take that to heart. Alcide is always a little cautious in his approach to people. Now, if someone is approaching him, he'll deal with it on a case by case basis. But very much like a wolf, he likes to watch and observe before approaching strangers, get a feel for what and who he's dealing with.

"How do you tell who's Special or not?" It may seem like a stupid question, but Alcide missed whatever orientation he was supposed to have. Something happened in his processing that dumped him right into the mix without any of that. He doesn't even know he's supposedly a clone. "Am I a Special?"

Alcide doesn't like having to ask all these questions. But so far Buffy seems nice enough and he has so many of them that he can't help himself. He can't help himself to the point of spilling the most pertinent question on his mind. "You ever hear of anybody comin' here and... and they ain't like they was before? Like... a part of 'em's missin'."