"We have no intention of being a danger to you, provided you do the same for us." He's not worried about the rat himself, anyway, but who might be working with him.

He cranes his neck to look over to Zangetsu's box. "And he is a.. spirit right now. He left his body in Eden--think of it as his talent."

It's better for Zan himself to give details, though, because Syrlya doesn't know more than that.