Drake frowned slightly at that, and looked at his tea. Gallows humor certainly wasn't beyond Amberdrake -- he was a War-Healer, after all! -- but...

This was a little too possible.

"I don't know if it's worth the risk. If he realized you were that thing's host, he'd want it."

Ugh, how much to say? It wasn't like Ukoku was a real client, whose secrets he had to keep, but some of his secrets overlapped with those of people he cared for. Explaining what his sutra did, for example...

"He's plenty dangerous enough, and mad enough, to figure out a way to unleash that thing on the world fully."