Bohdan accepted his invitation and walked in.  He was in no way underwhelmed by the size of the house and tried to take his surroundings in, absorbing anything that might be of interest.  He sat on the floor, trying to take up as little room as he could.  He felt that he owed them politeness, but he had very little experience in actually [i]being[/i] proper or polite.  Nothing about his demeanor seemed overwhelmingly grateful. 

  "I have made the decision to travel the world, in order to find useful knowledge to bring back to my people." he said simply.  "Our fight showed me combat techniques that I may have never seen otherwise.  At the very least it gave me the opportunity to see them in a relatively safe environment.  It also showed me how far I have to go before I'll be proficient in hand to hand combat."