"Kill him?" Cain raised a brow, not really ready to argue the point since he hadn't been here for much more than the climax of the whole struggle. His own experience and perspective was different on the matter and that seemed to be where some of their mutual confusion was coming from.

He shook his head next. "You're assuming the Husk was something Malicant intended to use to kill and-or possess the turtle rather than part two of whatever he had been doing," he pointed out. "We may or may not ever figure out if he was already at his end-game or there had been more, but if that Husk is related to something else then we need to keep our eyes open for possible complications it might bring up."