Yeah, but Atton was a trouble-magnet with a really confusing relationship with the notion of staying alive. That was different.

Atton just kind of looked at him for a minute. His yelling reserves had been drained.

"I told you, I can't exactly lock you in the closet for the duration or anything," he said. (Though he had a broom handle. Knocking Sparkle out was maybe a viable option he had entertained.) "I'm just saying it'd be nice if you didn't go out and do something mind-bogglingly stupid."

Leave that to the professionals.