"Wait... 'ensign'? Then you must be talking Navy ranks, right? Captain in the army is a far leap from captain in the Navy," And if this was going to cost him a pint of ale, he wanted to be sure. "Walk around a bit. I need to see how you carry yourself. If it's going to be a guess, I'd prefer an educated one."

He watches him with a scrutinizing gaze as he tries to figure out what rank the young man might hold.