Emet-Selch's expression eases. Not angry, not frustrated. Pitying, actually, because of what that answer provides.

Over the years, Emet-Selch found that the simplest solutions were often the best ones. It may have been pointlessly 'hopeful' to get a detailed answer in this case, but it was the most direct path to get what he was looking for. And even if he didn't get an explicit set of instructions it provides him with an answer.

This answer makes the solution clear: they will have to break this one. Break him in every painful and excruciating way until there is nothing left of this person. If it is deemed too much trouble then they would need to crush his very soul. The glance is pitying because empaths like this truly walked the worst path.

He sighs, "That is a shame. I was hoping we could work together toward our mutual betterment."