[The mushi-master has seen too much humanity for evil to be very surprising. The image imprint merely shows him nod. And what is fear to thwart curiosity?]

Hnn. Those are signs and symbols outside of my experience-- but I'm afraid that the concept you describe is not. [a thoughtful pause] Is Naoya physically dangerous-- or possessed of some kind of power? I'd be surprised if he really needed Dilandau to do the killing for him. I was under the impression that the boy is none too strong without his world's weapons.