Green-blues watched her with what one could surmise as desperation.
"Because I need ya...and you need me," he replied. "The coven of the horned king wants ya dead. You can't kill them on yer own. So that's where I come in. And in return...you keep me from being sealed up in a tree for...eternity." He was smiling but it was a nervy smile. "So...it works out for me and for ya."