[... It works in smoothing over his ruffled feathers, at least. He can't be too angry at her anyway, really; he's got a simplified understanding of how the world works in some ways, and he's too close-minded to really change it now. Which is why his response is an inevitable:]

... It doesn't matter. I wouldn't expect a civilian like yourself to understand a relationship like this regardless.

[It's... pretty insulting. Though he doesn't entirely mean it that way. She doesn't use a sword, so how could he expect her to understand the relationship between sword and master? It'd just be silly.]