[ so basically, he's simply telling her that what happened to his colleague might happen to him if he doesn't surrender the gnosis over. that would make sense, after all, as someone who was sent to retrieve it and ensure it's relinquished back to the tsaritsa. but if he were to hand it over to the abyss instead ...

lumine presses her lips together for one long moment, a thoughtful expression crossing her face. it's true that there is an advantage to be had in this scheme, and it allows her to adjust her own plans if necessary to enact an even bigger blow to celestia. ]

The Heralds can take it from you.

[ is that what he wants? to make it an open show to his archon that he never hid it, never kept it from her. but instead, it was taken away. ]

The Lectors can come as well, since I'm sure you simply won't "hand it over lying down", yes?