[The disapproving dad impression... He can feel it coming and there is Real Fear here.]

Ah— Well... I'm not defenseless! If it's to protect someone else, I can... I can fight them off. The bugs... [Somehow it is more difficult verbally explaining this to a stranger than it is showing a stranger accidentally in a fit of panic. There is no easy way to say "oh well I can summon big stabby things out of thin air because I'm basically a demon hAH".]

Just give me a minute and I'll be right back, I promise!