[Endearment. What luxuries some creatures have in their worlds where they are not consumed with the darkness that hangs over his future and has long stained his past. Evandau shakes that thought from his head and considers this explanation instead.]

There is the risk, though, that you could overtake Tu Vishan. [A concern, in turn, of his.] Would the infection of your energy cease if I put an end to your main host?

[There is no threat, only an exploration of options before he commits to any one angle.]