[He shakes his head, thinking on it quietly. He takes a moment to respond.]

Nay. Not since the day I found it burning within me. To take it away so trivially... such power does not simply disappear.

[He says it with authority, but it's in part because he can't stand the thought of it. To have that aether, Nidhogg's touch, removed from him... it seems wrong. It's a weight he carries willingly, and he would not see it cast away on the whims of some mage.]