Bahorel's smile is hardly even teasing! For him. You're doing okay, Harry.
"Of course--a trained army takes time. And more time away from home, for those who are away from home." Seriously, Harry, you're not on the hook for your entire society. "What do they learn, your common soldiers? --And who makes the maps, along such borders? It must be skilled men, to learn the shape of the land under fire." That's not even a little sarcastic. Maps are hard, even outside a battle zone.