He shakes his head, but winces at the squeal a bit.

[No. I offer them a safe haven. I have a place. Nobody keeps a unicorn.]

Pausing, he considers her request.

[I can offer to let you sit with me there, but if they won't come to you I can't make them.] They were with him because he offered them sanctuary from the corruption of the forest, nothing more. If they didn't feel safe, they would vanish into the mists of another world until the danger had passed... but that was hard on them and they had new foals...