Whoa-ho-ho-hooooo! This was certainly an unepected turn of events. Suddenly the girl was his and the kid was getting out of his hair.

Heck, he'd take it.

He turned back to the girl - his girl now - and grinned, a shadow of his leer returning to his face. "Sure, dollface." Depends on what your definition of "safe" is...

He spared one last bit of attention for the kid. "I already told you my name." He leaned over, pushing his face close to the kid's. "Now get lost. You're buggin' me." At this, a large, hairy spider crawled out of his left eyehole and clicked its pincers rapidly, as if to illustrate the point.