User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/~FAUNUS CONFIRMED~ Lesson 11: Tournaments, First mention of Vytal and Bully CRDLs/@comment-7622429-20130927004142

TOMM (to ANY Faunus): You are but an inferior animalistic excuse for a measly humanoid.

Yeah,he REALLY hates Fauna,probably because they're more like animals to him than even those meatbags known as humans. Think of it like this: All organics are dirty meatbags to TOMM,but Fauna are simply dirtier meatbags. Get it?

Oh,and also,I'd like to think this episode was more about establishing the general stature of relationships and conflict at Beacon,as well as setting the stage for future events, conflict, drama, and character development.