See, now that's where we're going to have a problem. I might agree not to get all touchy with another vamp's meal, but like bloody hell am I going to jump in and save some idiot from their own bad life choices. I wouldn't do it back home and there are very few, if any, that I'd lift a finger to help here. If you're 'marking' [Yes, more finger quotes] people too stupid to take care of themselves, don't expect me to keep their hearts beating just because you've sunk a fang in. Or something else. Not my business, mate.

[He'd be upfront about that, if nothing else. Spike was not an altruist. He didn't kow tow to anyone for anything short of his own desire for something. If he helped someone, it was because he got something out of it. If Jean-Claude wanted him to actively intervene, then he'd have to do more than threaten and bluster.]