[ He'll try to ensure his grip was appropriately firm, though it did fall a little ways from that due to it being his first time. ]

Oh. Really? Well, I suppose that is what I get for presuming.

[ People certainly hadn't seemed to be from the general area he was from. He didn't forget that, but it's hard getting used to most of the company not being unfamiliar with strange supernatural things.

So now he will look appropriately sheepish and actually feel it too. ]

...Yes, I am. You see, back home I'm someone who normal people may rely on to solve trouble with supernatural oddities or threats.

[ ...he'll just not mention how prone cultivation sects were to infighting, though. ]