It's probably impolite to ask a lady if she thinks either of them is a coward. He'll need to find an opening for a joke about it.

He manages not to give the avian youngster an obviously curious look. It's not really stranger than the beastfolk at home, he tells himself, and chooses not to think of how a Khajiit might respond to that.

"And whatever you'd recommend to drink with that," he adds cheerfully, since they're being adventurous and he feels he owes his boss a nice plump expense bill.