In that case, isn't the appropriate response to say something along the lines of:
"I am profoundly more than you in ways in which you can only begin to comprehend. We have spoken enough for now and I grow tired of your questions. You are dismissed."
No, because one is expressing appropriate personal boundaries, and the second is just snotty.
What about if he'd added, "... so that I may focus on creating my race of atomic supermen, to take over the world!"? Wouldn't that take the edge off?
Only if he weren't serious. Some folks, hard to tell.
My point, though, is that kids who stand out (for good or ill) can have targets painted on their backs. Sometimes the most willing archers are adults who should (in theoory at least) know better. As parents, it's important to help our kids develop their own social boundaries so that they feel confident not engaging with people who are just using them to make a point.
