He silently nods in reply. His expression says that he truly regrets having spoken that frankly. "It does not matter whether I know something or not. If I or another god of my kind can say it it is true, even if the exact circumstances of that truth are yet to be known." The kishin egg could live for ears pacifically until something happens that will force its keepers to kill it. Maybe it won't be able to eat anything but souls and starve. Maybe it would get sick. But it was going to need being put down in the end.

His lips curve into a smile. "Heh... It does not matter whether we see the stone at the bottom of the well or not because it is already a fact that it is there. It truly is 'the word of god'."