Gale is generally nice and respectful, except for when you first meet him. When he says you look like a Rashemi staring at a blackboard... that seems unnecessarily rude. In fact, I'd argue that he seems like a subtly different person after that initial conversation.
Okay, I'll give you that
. I've tended to just take that as "you're looking at me as though you're thinking wtf is this guy rambling on about?" but it could be rude if he actually thinks you are too stupid to understand what he says rather than that he thinks you're reasonable to be looking at him in disbelief when he's going off at tangents. And it's possibly racist against the Rashemi depending how we take that element! Plus there's the slightly sleazy bit with Shadowheart. In short, yes, I think Gale's intro could do with a bit of rework and isn't wholly consistent with who he seems to be once you chat to him more.
