Well. Neil doesn't know what the hell ED-E's saying, but he's pretty sure he gets the context. And in his weakened state, he feels a pang of something unpleasant as opposed to simple amusement. He drops his hand.

"You...sure?" To take away something from a kid who's been, as memory serves, ever so helpful. "Don't...want...to take...away..." God, it's murder trying to say each word.