He sighed, before nodding. "Because we didn't actually DO anything significant to her. We set her back MAYBE five years. Her retaliation, while it didn't do bupkuss to us, revealed she knows where the shadow stalkers are created, their homeworld, if you will. And she was doing SOMETHING significant there. She knows what was in her labs, while I have a vague idea. Bringing this to a higher speed, while she can't DO anything with it, will increase my lead further. It is a risk, but a calculated one. We were about equal before Hiana came back. Now, we are ahead, though I am not sure how far. Wiping out her domain hurt her, but how much? No idea. That might be one of several. Like the forge world is."