He looks a bit like he's wearing a lab coat, and I'm really pretty sure swashbuckling types don't wear glasses. However, he must be pretty clever to triumph over prey which is so much bigger than he is. (I would say outweighs him, but that may not be true.) Then again, the Peep suicidally chose a habitat without cover of any kind, so maybe he wanted the nerd with the sword to kill him.