[He puffs up a little, defensively.]

<Dreh hi seik zey, uv hinmaar?>

[... Anyway, the question.]

<No. Of course I wouldn't. I'd save them, because I know they'd do the same for me. But their lives... are so much more important in a lot of ways. They have families that care about them. That want them.>

[He has Ax... but they're still more like friends than family in most ways.]