[ He growls angrily and makes an irritated gesture. ]

We don't want you dead. When have we ever targeted you with the express purpose of driving you to extinction? Our purpose is to sow enough chaos to bring about a calamity - not to destroy our own star!

[ He's rather tired of this misconception. Every single gods-damned hero who pits themselves against them seems to labour under the mistaken impression that they just want everything and everyone dead.

Well, he will grant that those on the thirteen shards certainly do cease to be, but it's the Source which he has only ever been concerned with. The pieces live on through them anyway once their souls rejoin. ]

What would be the point in killing all of you after we sacrificed so many to save our world?