His assumption was that the man he was speaking to was a peasant, or at least raised so. At the moment, that does not seem to matter -- a simple fact, rather than a cause to change behavior or address. While, if pressed, Aerich might consider a hierarchy necessary for a functioning society, here he is starting to remap the structure into a web of interdependence.

They should, perhaps, have sent a Hawklord or a Tiassa or an Issola and not a Lyorn. Because while he feels he understands this, there is no way he could explain it to anyone who was not there.

"Does something such as this require protection?"