Compassion

This is definitely a problem. Osbert thought, sitting in front of Lily and Roy staring them down like they are some kind of insects. Why are they like this anyway?

"You want to do what?" Roy asked, frowning at them. "And take Alby where??" 

"I want to take him out of this town. This city." Jel said, still sounding as nonchalant as ever. Well, if you have lived as long as he has, it is hard to care too much about anything else at this point in time. He has gone through many, many people that are scarier than Lily and Roy, after all.

"Absolutely not," Roy said, slamming his hand on the table. "Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there?" 

"If I am with him, he will not be in danger," Jel said, not even flinching from Roy's outburst, behaving like this is the most normal conversation he's had in a long time. 

"I feel like he will be in more danger if he is with you," Roy said, glaring at the man and he would not be wrong.