It sounds differenter in Japanese.

Atom looked a little dubious. "...pirates? Space pirates?" Weird.

He smiled anyway at her question. "Yep, that's right!" It was sort of weird how no one on the ship recognized him at all. Not that that was a bad thing, and maybe it was just more proof that the people here really did come from different worlds. It was just a little strange to have everyone treating him like a little human boy.