Thank you for the quote for starters.
... She could rip that thing right out of Thomas. Not that there would be much of Thomas left after she was done. Mab’s not particularly gentle that way. It’s possible that there might be some way to get out of it, maybe, but what fun would that be?
To me it says two things, 1] that yes, if it suited her, Mab would rip it right out of Thomas without consideration for him. Remember when she threatened Harry with making Thomas her Knight? Consider, would Mab want a White Court Vampire as her Winter Knight given the White Court has it's own agenda? No, I don't think so.. She also said since he was in love it made him "human" enough for her purpose. 2] Jim said the character would no longer be fun if Thomas became fully human. I don't see a date on the quote, so I don't know when he said it or what he was planning for Thomas at that time. However having Thomas locked up on Demonreach isn't much fun either is it? Jim also says, "
there might be a way," so here is a way, let Alfred do it, and a very human Thomas who wants his love and child back might turn out to be a lot of fun indeed at this stage of the series.
It absolutely is two separate cases. But AFAIK, the "Mab case" is the only one we know of where Jim has said yes, that power could remove a whampire's hunger demon.
Aside from it being possibly burned out by true love before it has made it's first kill. At this point, this is the only one, but odd don't you think that Jim went to all that elaborate effort to put Thomas in prison on Demonreach reliving his murders and exposed to the "British Prisoner"?
I'm not even clear Alfred is capable of noticing any difference between Thomas & his demon.
I disagree, I think Merlin gave Alfred more awareness than you think he has, if not, there would have been huge problems during the long time periods when there was no Warden for the island.
Filter through the soul of a whampire whose Hunger Demon has been there since birth? Support said soul, as he performs psychic surgery to separate them? It just doesn't say "Alfred" to me.
However Thomas has already shown his soul to be more human than vampire on several occasions much to the dismay of Lara. Yes, I think Alfred is very capable of separating the monster from the human..