I was gathering intel on the enemy... [The second part comes after brief hesitation, if only because he doesn't know whether he ought to say it in this manner. The other boy had said he could take care of himself, but-] And looking out for Jude.

[In the end, that's why he ended up fighting before he caught up with Mikleo to hit up Uvi territory. Leaving the guy to venture into the streets by himself, riddled with hostiles as they were, wasn't something he was going to do]

I'm not incapable of fighting, although most Scanners can't wield weapons.