Mm.

( He sits again, sipping at his water as Eleven talks. Only at the end does he speak again. )

Thank you for your trust. I won't guarantee, but as of yet, he's been nothing malevolent. None of the feel of it either. As for interrupting cycles...

( He stares down into his cup, thinking of his living martial uncle here. The man who had broken so thoroughly, his soul had shattered. )

Souls can shatter on my world. If they do... if a soul is shattered, or entirely consumed, it can't return to the cycle of reincarnation. Delaying a soul from its return to that cycle is considered an aberration, evil, wrong; regardless of what that soul may wish. Sensible in some cases, less so in others, but something to keep in mind.

( Lifting his cup, as if in a cheers to Eleven. )

We can see we don't add to that number, as much as we're able, while we're here.