Yes, imp hero's house is safe away enough - I'm sorry. You can complete the quest as failed though - by killing the poor Little One and reporting this to the herder. It clears your log, that's all.
I never experimented your way, just clicked on the white one.
And thank you very much, for your experiments - I haven't verified Act 2 atm for EV 1.42, I'm in Act 3. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />
