I figured you would. [Avoid her and them. He leans back in the chair and gestures with his left hand. The one he has cut several times of late. The bandages are fresh as of this morning under his glove. The edge of them peek out above his glove when he moves his hand.]

I have taken control of them several times so I can say with confidence they have no minds. There was no will to pit mine again. Only corruption and fire. They’re a primal force. The stone that makes up their bodies no longer carries corruption once they are felled. There was no earth magic in how they came and went from the ground.

…I wouldn’t even say they could be destroyed. I think they are renewing themselves as we do. Because they’re using our blood as fuel for what they do.