[A slight furrow of his brow at the start to protest.]

It matters to me.

[A frank look, doing his best to make it seems like he genuinely cares about Ned's well being despite recent trauma.]

I don't know this Lucifer as well as I'd like and there's no telling what he'd do if he were bored. Lurking is tame but that doesn't mean he won't escalate if you ignore him too much. Better to take his attention off of you, I can handle him.

[He shrugs.]

Besides, what kind of angel would I be if I didn't at least offer to protect humans from Satan?

[Regardless of his stance on them back home... Satan was a whole other story. Especially when he threatened his potential allies.]