Virgil realizing the danger his longterm friend may be in opens up, raising his hands in a sincere gesture, "he says what he believes. Pottofer would not meaningfully put you in more harms way than he would his own mother. He did not realize the effect his proselytizing would have upon everyone. There's no need to bind him," he pauses, "I'll take responsibility for him, I'll not see a friend go at it alone."