"I respected him greatly, even before I met him. A good strategist is very valuable, and for a smaller Tribe to control territory the way the Embryon did, he would have to have been very skilled, even new. That he would be willing to go to such lengths for me... I--"

Lupa frowns, a little frustrated, but clearly unable to figure out what he wants to say there exactly. Words are hard.

"But it is selfish to wish him here."