Wha---

I'll have you know that I actually care about them and their well-being you arsehole. Just because I treat them they way I do does not mean that I would rather them dead. Why the hell would I want them dead?! They're loyal, even with the abuse that I have put them through and the fact that I don't deserve that loyalty only makes them that much more precious to me.

[ ...Even with the curse, Silver is not going to try and retract that - as he means Every. Single. Word.]