Mm, yes, this is much better. Cao Pi's expression shifts subtly, but it does shift, to complete attentiveness. "I see. You have a contact. Who is it? Even in a general term, if it's someone who need not be outed accidentally."

There's a lot there, and it really changes how they need to approach...everything, really. "So it isn't that the spirits who didn't attack like us, necessarily, but they also have conflicting loyalties. Interesting. I thought them simple, and that was perhaps a mistake. Their inability to express themselves so we can understand doesn't make them stupid." His eyes turn somewhat sly. "We do have a number of obstacles between us and our goal, don't we?"