Emet-Selch tears the knife away from the table, leaving Vaeka to her wounds while Childe speaks his peace. Childe's support is not expected, but not met with resistance either. Emet-Selch makes no effort to stop him from saying whatever he likes.

Interestingly, the words muttered to him are quite opposite of bluster; a good, fair, logical point. Emet-Selch gives him a glance and mutters his own reply. "Our other choice is to do nothing. She has nothing to lose, that is true, but we have nothing to lose by asking as long as we make sure she survives to see her end - in whatever condition that may be." Which he intends to have happen. "Even lies can be useful in their way."