[Regis can't help but grin at that startled laugh. Here he was starting to get concerned that his new firbolg companion might not be the laughing kind.]

I will take that as a tentative compliment since I have been told by several people that staying on their good sides greatly increases one's chances at survival.

[Joking aside, though, Regis hasn't missed the point that Caduceus was trying to make.]

Your lesson is one well-learned. We are too free with our phrasing much of time time. If I asked someone to give me their hand, I would not mean for them to take it off and literally give it to me. These beings, though, may ask for just that.