It wasn't against what he was to aid mortals, and he rather liked that. And unlike some in his family he didn't enjoy violence for the sake of it. So he smiled to her and offered his hand. "Thane." His job had forced him to learn how to at least appear human. And Lyra helped more.
"Did you need to get across? The people here are a bit...wild." He hoped that wasn't too strange of a question. Sometimes he still got confused what was and wasn't a good question to ask. Or got who to ask it of confused.