The remark made Eliot smile slightly. If the kid had an idea of who she was standing next to, she might not have been so quick to think that. But she didn't and there had been some conversation between the two of them, so he could've qualified. "You do need to go roaming around some more," he said, shaking his head. "There are some nicer about."
The whole 'trying to kick someone's head off their shoulders' might've been unsettling if he'd thought she meant literally, given that he'd just caught her looking his way. "Good luck with that."