Elin is right. Noah is far too direct to be the sort to make fun like that or to tell a joke in that way. It is clear to him she understands just how difficult it would be to escape Attar, to escape any agent by her reaction.

He does smirk lightly at the gentle shove because she is unlike anyone else he has ever met, and he really likes that about her.

"I am not. I found the Sea Witch in Byblos. Have you heard of her?"