[He can't tell if the offer is kindly meant, or as a threat for other people that Dick might try to set on him if he doesn't stop.]
I can't take your alternative.
[Maybe this once, sure, but a regular arrangement would be too dangerous. He'd have to give out his position, or he'd be opening himself up to all sorts of traps down the line, and that's not something he can do.]
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I can't take your alternative.
[Maybe this once, sure, but a regular arrangement would be too dangerous. He'd have to give out his position, or he'd be opening himself up to all sorts of traps down the line, and that's not something he can do.]
I can handle myself.