[He watched the interaction silently from a reasonable distance away the quarreling nobles, likely his interest in the altercation would have waned within the first minute of it but was unexpectedly renewed as the new arrival clanked onto the scene. Gesturing briefly with one hand at the trio he decided to answer the man's question before the duo could continue their tirade at this new target.]

It seems the lady fell into the water and lost her hat, the man is currently blaming the creature's action of plucking her from the water as the reason she lost it.