You're not as different as you assume. But yes, he was the one who insisted on the truce.

[ His eyes flash, quite literally, as the glow brightens with anger. Reyes had been the one to instigate the truce. ]

I kept my end of the deal. The Scarab did not.

[ Which was the most enlightening thing to happen. He doesn't really know very much more about Reyes than he did in his original reality. Other than seeing him as older, this is the main takeaway: the knowledge that the Scarab is aware. This is why the Negotiator had made it very clear that the Scarab was to be included in the terms this time around. He wasn't going to make that mistake again. ]

You rely on technology far outside your understanding, corrupted beyond the point of return. Is it as prepared to be as civil as you are?