He raises his eyebrow. "And what, exactly, do you expect me to be able to do about that? More importantly, why should I help you? If I recall correctly, you weren't all so big about letting me and my FRIENDS live a while back there," he comments dryly.

In all honesty, he probably will help eventually, but not without giving him a hard time. This is mainly because annoyed/angry spirits are more trouble than they're worth.