[That earns another chuckle as Humpty shrugs before gently petting the snake's head again.]

When he was first given to me he symbolized something very different, but now you certainly wouldn't be wrong about me carrying him as essentially a warning.

[In a twisted way it was also something he could do to reclaim a present from someone he hated immensely and turn it to something of his own. Granted he also does have genuine affection for Crak, as the snake can't lie to him or abandon him.]