[Sandalphon side-eyes him the whole time, giving the abyss mage a once-over before gesturing to leave. It doesn't look like he killed it, at any rate.]

...Not that I don't understand wanting to protect humans, but...

[He shifts the chicken slightly in his arms.]

...If you distance yourself from them too much, it'll be hard to live with them. You're fortunate you ended up partnered with me this time, if that's how you handle this sort of thing. That's...the sort of behavior that humans need to be protected from, more often than not.

[Maybe that advice isn't his to give, but...well. He was that thing humans needed to be protected from, once.]