Eric had forgotten how to show someone that he really cared for them because for so long it had been just him and Bran. He cared deeply for Leeloo, but there has always been Peter standing between him and her. And so tending to another had fallen away. But her answer came and then the plea. It was a plea he knew that he couldn't deny no matter what. Because she mattered to him.
He nodded. "Okay." He would rest there with her for both of them. The oppertunity had finally come where she needed him and he needed her, without the third party or the wall.
Bran ruffled his feathers and Eric glanced up at him for a moment, considered the bird, and then looked back at Leeloo. She was definitely more important than a night patrol.