[ Silco hadn't been seeking out Gen, but he knew the boy was... susceptible to Shimmer. He knew that much. There had been more than once that he'd used it on him, either to fight That Thing in Horos, or to strengthen him on the Scorching Isles. It's the first thing he thinks of, when Gen asks if he's up for a trade, but after a moment, he's reminded that there was something else that they were trading.

He laughed, and covered his mouth. ]

Oh no. I already got rid of the filth that tried its damndest to hold onto what it couldn't have.

[ Meridian, he means. ]

Is Zenith's power that detestable to you, Gen? [ He didn't think it could be, could it? ] That you would wish to give it so freely?