"I already told you, I don't know [i]why[/i] they want us to destroy each other," Shadwell replied, though he was starting to believe that any attempt to change her mind would be pointless. "All I know is that my doctor told me that's why we're here for. He didn't know much more than that. Or didn't trust me with that information. For God's sake, If I am to believe him, he doesn't even know what happens when we touch our own runes! But he did know we'd have to kill each other. And I don't know what you believe, but I am sure that there are some people in this room who can't be trusted. At all."