He tilts his head slightly. "I could have known if I'd been poking around in your head." He rested his chin on the arms around his knees. The unspoken part of that statement was, 'but I haven't been.' Which might be good from Caryn's point of view. He gave the faintest little smirk, "I'm not going to live that phrasing down ever, am I." He's of course referring to 'little Macht witch'.
His eyes rolled up, almost like he was trying to see what she was doing. "Didn't like it messed?" It's just an idle question because she was messing with his hair. "And I'm sure I could come up with some bullshit to yell about if you really wanted me to." The fact that he's slightly proud of that...is wrong the narration is sure.