There's the faintest of nods; he can understand the other man's hesitance, even if he believes it to be misplaced.

"Understood. Not a thief, not in the habit of taking what isn't mine. Not a criminal." Not in his own mind, anyway, not unless you qualify 'cleaning up the city' as criminal, and as far as he's concerned that's all that matters, regardless of what public opinion has to say on the matter.

The cost, however, poses something of a snag seeing as how he rarely has any significant amount of cash on him even on a good day - one of the problems of being a singleminded vigilante who would rather stop crime than bother with actual employment. The currency he was provided is something, but he doubts it will be anything close to sufficient in this case. "Willing to take in trade? Have a few skills. Was given money, but likely insufficient."