The energy from the older sailor sets Skellig a little on edge, and he has to purposefully make a point to avoid focusing on him to too long, as it causes his feathers to bristle and his hair to stand up on his neck.

That one, he 'thinks out loud' with a nudge in Kreyu's direction. We will not be able to convince.

And then Skellig looks towards a piece of rigging nearby the older sailor's head, and gives it a firm 'push', causing a rope that was bound tightly to uncoil and start to flap in the breeze. Clearly that needs dealt with, now the younger man can be left to cleaning without being loomed over!