I'm not planning on it.

[ His free hand reaches out to loop a finger in Neal's waistband to tug him closer with gentle insistentce. ]

But I'm not taking any chances until we figure out what the hell this is.

[ Cable's a persistent fucker and he'll fight until he literally can't, but he can't just stubborn his way through everything. At some point, something may happen to him, though, and he doesn't want Neal left with no defenses. ]

If anything jumps out and I can't shoot it, you stab it.