"I'm not a kid." It's not aggressive but it is firm, a quickly inserted note for future reference. Somehow he has a feeling that that won't do away with the nickname so easily but a guy has to try.

"But I was invited, same as you assumedly were. I thought it'd be a good opportunity to get information; it's the first time I've been here." Which immediately says a few things about his allegiances, anyway. "You?"