Well, nice is a word for it.

'Slightly upsetting' is another, and it appears to be this that the friend is going for, taking a couple of steps back.

"We haven't done anything," he points out, scowling. "I'll call the metahuman protection act on you."

... yeah, he does sound like he doesn't know what he's talking about. Also that he assumes she's meta, because no skinny chick would be threatening him otherwise, right?