All right, then. I certainly don't mind being a topic of gossip and speculation if you don't.

[And he'll get to see the man's face, which is all he really cares about. The stranger sounds human, but that doesn't always mean anything. Plenty of aliens can pick up idiomatic language.]

Call me Pottinger. Or Niles depending on how formal or informal you prefer to be. And now that you know my name, would you care to tell me yours? It's a bit inconvenient to just call you "battle armour man."