But they aren't living with us. [That's the big difference here, it's why they're having this meeting in the first place, and so he figured it went without saying.] We aren't talking about the rest of 'em, we're talking about you.

[Obviously none of them are completely safe, but Fern is more reasonably confident that if he went off the rails Luz and Varian could take him out, and vice versa. The four of them, Luca included, are on more even footing when it comes to a fight. Reaper, on the other hand, is on a whole other level.]

Dude, no one can trust that what you're saying now is just how things will always work. We've already all seen the months having different effects on our blood, you're no different. [Having a different physical state never meant anything in Deerington, and it doesn't mean anything here, so Fern doesn't believe hinging their safety on one assumption for a second is a good idea.] This place might be even worse than Deerington when it comes to stuff like this, and we'd all be dumb for just taking the easy way out.

[He's positive taking the easy way out would just get one or more of them killed.]