He purses his lips. Ren could care as much as he claimed to at Hallowe'en, when he was out of his mind. Magpie would still have put a bullet in his head, given the chance.

As for being alone.... "I can't imagine you letting him face a hangnail alone. But sometimes we have to do things that terrify us, and we have to do them alone. Or we don't survive."

Despite his words, his arm is still holding Raven close, and still rocking him the tiniest bit.