[He has no particular fondness for the Nest- respect for the necessity of it, for his own responsibility to it, but he was as he was because he had never loved the idea of becoming one. But her assessment- overmind - still strikes him as entirely incorrect. Possibly insulting. You would pose yourself as you were to the concensus, but it was not one creature subverting others. It was all of them together. All of their thoughts and experiences and feelings.

But he doesn't care to argue semantics. He wasn't the one suited to it.]

Yours, and only yours. The symbiote bonds to one mind. It is not made to support the stress of more.

[He crosses his arms again, studies her for a moment before continuing.]

If you will not think of the stress on your brood, consider the stress upon yourself. If you manage to overwhelm your symbiote past the point of repair it is very possible you will render yourself nonfunctional.