He bows politely in return. 'Expiation'... That is certainly no land that he's ever heard of, even after familiarising himself with modern maps. At the mention of parchment though, he voices a soft, 'Oh!' and digs into a pocket.

"You mean this?" He pauses upon seeing the words written there again though. He'd temporarily forgotten it with his preoccupation about helping to hunt down the strange, tendril creatures.

[ Your crime is being a monster in the guise of a man. ]

Maybe that's something he shouldn't show a stranger upon first meeting.