[he won't even bite if you pat him on the head

he'll just get really indignant

...like he will whenever he expects he's being made fun of...]

What are the limitations of your abilities, anyway? Or, more generally, how will they function within a combat situation to begin with?

[It was something he really wouldn't have to ask under normal circumstances given how familiar with legend he was, but he wasn't really going to complain much about that.]