While he did know that the two men did know each other somehow, he'd never given much thought as to how that had come about. Asking about that could serve as a decent distraction from the current tricky topic.

"Yes. Hook was the one with the bean, so we decided to call a truce in the face of the current situation involving Henry." Or more like he'd asked if the damn pirate was over his useless attempts to murder him and then a truce was given once he'd gotten an affirmative from the man.

"I've been wondering, just how is it you happened to know the man? When did you learn how to sail his ship?"