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I think this is a reflection of the complicated relationship they had. She wanted to kill him because of what he did to the Butcher's Boy, and his association with Joffrey and the Lannisters. And though his purpose in keeping her safe was to ransom her and get a big payday, he did keep her safe (the occasional mail-fisted backhand notwithstanding).I thought that Arya and the Hound kind of had a "bonding" moment when he talked about his brother burning his face, and then she cared about his wound getting infected. Then in this scene I couldn't tell if she cared if he got killed or not.
Also, when you have people in the sort of situation they were in--survival situation, occasionally fighting off threats--there is a bond that forms, a sort of brothers-in-arms type of thing: you don't have to like your fellow soldiers, but you do have to take care of each other.