Ah, blackmail. The great equalizing force. However, Al doesn't even flinch.

"You don't really suppose anyone willing to shoot a twelve year old child would stop at one attempt, do you? There was a coup d'etat. I had to flee the country on a pirate ship. Whatever it is you want, I don't have it to give. Not unless I live to regain the throne."

He's not so naive, of course, to think all Leo could want is material, but frankly, all the alternatives he can think of are too unsavory to mention.