[He doesn't miss the double meaning. Her possible prod isn't totally unjustified, but he is learning. In a moment of inspiration, he lets her comment prompt him to defy its implication. Let her think him a one-trick brute

He waives his hand dismissively and pretends to only see what she could have meant about Andrew]

"Of course. Civilians often forget that a strong arm bearing a sword is the final word when it wants to be."