Carefully he set the black one away so no one else would get it. Charles was very nice, this was true. But he would still ask. He heard it was important to do so.
He grinned as well, because anyone not Norse was potentially a friend. Well some of the Norse could be friends too, but it depended. "He is as red as you," he offered Nessie. "Such a funny color red."
But he remembered politeness and turned fully to Patrick. "Welcome. We can help if you like. My name is Jörmungandr," he would let Nessie give her own name. And he could give his name now because it was okay to do that with immortals.