[He loves them more, he is Singlehandedly about to make peace between the hells and the mortal realm just by being friends with these kids, dammit. But he's laughing again, soft and cheerful at that. Look what you've done to this old man.]

I'll take you to see them some day, I promise. Despite their flaws — and there are many — some part of me thinks that this could be a good thing. Just promise me now that you won't let Mammon drag you into any of his illegal gambling schemes...

[The fact that he has to say that...]