[Alfie. He's already said he made a bad decision. What are you harping for?]

If I had ended up tying him up, I would have let someone know I had him, and where I was. If a monster broke in, I would do everything in my power to defend him, up to an including letting it take me, instead. Whomever I told where we were wouldn't hear from me, they'd come looking for us, and they'd find him.

But that's not likely to happen, Mr. Solomons. As I said, I made a mistake trying to restrain him with bindings in the first place when there were other options.