"Yes.  No.  I don't know."  He let out a breath.  "I'm Gideon O'Connell, Scion of Ogma."  The only weapon the woman would be able to see would be his dad's falcata in his hand...but it was held reverse-grip, a rather awkward way to wield such a weapon.  But he wasn't making any sort of threatening movements.  "There's a camp of Amazons a couple of hours south of here.  I don't know what's going on, but they're acting strange..."  He tugged at the collar again.  "Dammit, could you get this off of me?"