Baid laughed, mirthlessly. "Now, think, Draiss. You said it yourself; what are our 'friends' so afraid of? What would they be willing to do anything, sacrifice any<em>one</em>for? Certainly not<em>us</em>, even as powerful as we are, now. No... why not something a little more<em>vulnerable</em>, like, say... an egg? And what do eggs do, when enough time has passed, hmm? Do you see the disaster I'm trying to<em>prevent?</em>"