[A wink! There's more where that came from, just ask and he will deliver.

But the threat just makes him grin, and he waves his hand.]

I will, I have been! You can ask them. [He is a nice boy? Who has never done anything wrong in his life?] Someone dear even to Pride isn't someone I'd cross, even if I wanted to. But they remind me a bit of a sibling of mine, and my family is very important to me.

[He doesn't trust any of you, but that doesn't mean he dislikes you, okay!]