Nathaniel touches the soul patch.

"None of that, please. I had someone tell me I looked like an 'asshole,' quite unsolicited. Apparently he is from the future and it was very important that I know how backwards I am."

But he shakes his head at the next.

"I'm fine. No need for that. Now. Are we saying that you invited me to stay with you as a sort of bodyguard? Not that a healer is particularly endangered in a place like this."