The best part for me, is probably them having this discussion as the farmer is still bleeding dry. Not that I condone the beheading of innocent farmers, mind you.
But then again, he might have been a front for a stolen gryphon dealership.
It's not like they can do much about his lack of a head, though.
I meant to reply to this, yes - he's lost a huge amount of blood by now, and I suspect that reattaching all the nerves in the entire spinal column is probably beyond Jakob's healing abilities.