Oh, Landel knew all about Nigredo, as it was impossible to know a thing about Albedo without also being aware of his brother. There was supposed to be a third one, of course, and even a sister -- but Rubedo hadn't functioned well here. If the Head Doctor remembered correctly, "Junior" was living with a family who was taking very good care of him, not that he was interested in sharing that information with Albedo now.

No, it was better to focus on what was here in front of him, and that was that Albedo had a sick brother.

"Not all of them need to be taken down," he remarked as he stood from his chair and started to pace. "I suspect some of them will self-destruct due to their own hero complexes, and others will find a cure. There's five of you who I'm calling here tonight, but there's no need to work together either."

It would be pointless to try and get a group of sociopaths to work as a team. Not that all of them were as unfeeling as Albedo, but they all had something that could move them to turn on their own kind.

"If you succeed and five of the infected end up dead, then there will be a reward," he teased, crossing his arms over his chest as he looked Albedo up and down. He'd made sure to pick out things that would be hard for them to resist.