The whole thing with what the Scarab actually did was highly embarrassing, not something Negotiator really wants to say out loud, with words. He goes at it sideways.
He does pause for a moment to lower his voice and make sure that only Reyes can hear him. He wants no excuse for Reyes, or the Scarab, to claim he violated the truce. ]
That you can call it alive is its corruption, Jaime Reyes. It no longer follows its former masters, you cannot be sure it will follow you. If you are the only one remaining who can keep it in check, then what do you think would happen if you were not a factor? It was not made for pacifism. That it did not use lethal force last time was unheard of.
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The whole thing with what the Scarab actually did was highly embarrassing, not something Negotiator really wants to say out loud, with words. He goes at it sideways.
He does pause for a moment to lower his voice and make sure that only Reyes can hear him. He wants no excuse for Reyes, or the Scarab, to claim he violated the truce. ]
That you can call it alive is its corruption, Jaime Reyes. It no longer follows its former masters, you cannot be sure it will follow you. If you are the only one remaining who can keep it in check, then what do you think would happen if you were not a factor? It was not made for pacifism. That it did not use lethal force last time was unheard of.