...or a faction who would benefit greatly from a war breaking out, financially or otherwise. There really is no limit to what a person motivated by greed may be willing to do.

[He watches her curiously from the corner of his eyes. The Natha were certainly a possibility as well -- he felt they were an existence closer to his kind than humans were, and he already knew what demons were capable of.]

[Of course, then she asks that. And while it might just be rhetorical, it prompts him to laugh.]

My, I can't say I expected such a question from you! Has this world soured you on humanity already?