He doesn't imagine he can keep the ravens put for too long, free-spirited and flighty as they are, but he's been in these woods enough with them that they will definitely side with Lucifer for the time being.

"Oh, that you 'know of', very reassuring. You're letting him walk around without a shadow? Ah, no, I suppose that would be Castiel's gig, trailing at his heels." He thinks of dinner with his brother one of the nights on the boat and makes a face.

"A thank you would be nice, actually." He puts a hand to the side of his face and sniffs. "Just a little bit of acknowledgement from time to time." Says the guy like he doesn't get heaping amounts of indulgence to keep him leveled on a good day. "But no," he says, sounding serious for the first time, "as much as it disgusts me I'd prefer your brother not be a walking murderbot. Even if he is a faction away."