Which is why we watch over them and shepherd them to safety... It's our duty.

[His head tilts a faint smile tugging oh so slightly at the corners of his mouth.]

I understand and while it may not be for praise. I'd be remiss if I did not-

[His thought of 'call you out on the blatant lie in that statement' goes unspoken as he settles instead on -]

point out that there seems to be a slight smindgen of a falsehood in your claim of it not being for anything else, Miss Annafellows. Not that I don't understand completely.