[Roy lifts a hand to dismiss that thought, which may also help him be a little less threatening -- his weapon obviously requires two hands to wield properly.] No, no, I certainly did not mean to imply you're incapable of taking them.

[He routinely travels with a halfling, half his size and a fraction his mass, who has murdered his way through a literal army. Roy doesn't judge by appearances.]

The problem is risking injury from them even in a victory. We have no clerics and no healing resources here, and for all we know they're venomous as well. If we can avoid antagonizing them, it's probably wiser. No matter how frustrated we might be by this whole ridiculous situation.

[Logical and tactical as Roy might be, don't think for a second he isn't profoundly irritated by all this.]