[ Of course he has questions. She is from a time two hundreds later than his own. There are a lot of questions. But she beats him to the punch. ]

This?

[ He looks at the hand, then lets off something of a chuckle. ]

Milord will tell you I got it in some act of bravery. [ Which, really, isn't a lie. Who else but Fergus would be brazen enough to sass the English? ] There had been redcoats looking for him. I thought they were funny, stupid, you know? But I had wanted to keep him safe and my mouth got me in trouble.