I didn't say I was worried.

[Said the worrywart, worriedly. Let him live ok,,,]

Just sayin' I told 'em to back off, so if they don't, that's a problem I gotta deal with. Got it?

[He's bad and scary! Grr argh! Maybe if he doesn't respond to your friendly smalltalk he can prove how truly unpleasant it is to be around him and she won't commit such slanderous acts as thinking he's a decent person that's concerned about others.]