Maybe it only breaks if naturally removed from the hand by it's current user

This is my first playthrough, but the way he was talking, seemed like he wanted me to kill him.

You shouldn’t

Hey Lautrec that’s a nice cliff you’re sitting in front of, it would be a shame if someone… kicked you off of it

Vaffanculo!

That alone makes it justified.

Nah, i'll gladly lose Firelink bonfire, it only inconveniences you for Four Kings, otherwise, Undead Parish is good enough, hell, you can still warp to the bonfire, you just cannot sit at it...
when you don't have enough firekeeper souls to get the max +7 in a playthrough, i'll gladly take this one as it's the easiest to deal with (Dark Moon Servent Firekeeper is the other i kill as after O&S, there's not much you need to do there. That and losing the Fair Lady (spider Firekeeper) is kinda annoying at times but also managable to lose (you only need 2 of the 3 dead for a +7, as there's 5 Souls normally per NG)