It's not that you want him to stay safe. Anyone can do that. But no, you're treating him like an object. Like a thing. Like a toy that you're storing away because you don't want anyone else to play with it.

[He's really testing the waters with this, trying to understand their relationship a bit better. Is it one-sided? Or are both in cahoots with one another?]

Besides me, who are you protecting him from? Or am I really the only threat to his existence around here?