Barid looked crushed, and eflated, momentarily, but nodded, grimly. "I have the resources. Let me know what you need, and it is yours," he said, firmly. "And no, they don't 're use' an egg... I should know. The universe where our homeworld originated? One where what I am attempting succeeded. The creature at the heart of it was extinguished, we were granted true freedom, and we flourished, free from the threat of the Beyonders. I want to duplicate that, but not with just a single empire, spanning a few hundred worlds, but with an empire spanning millions, to the point that our very existence can never be threatened again."