[ Lacus is silent for a moment. It is understandable that nobody is inclined to be particularly merciful towards the administrators, but she's tired of bloodshed. Does escape need to be built on sacrifice yet again? Is playing by those rules of pain really going to lead them to their desired ending? ]

If they are then... yes, so be it. But... is there reason to assume they are? They have seniority on us, a longer time to understand the workings of this place. But they do not control it. Would their deaths amount to anything more than another human sacrifice to temporarily appease the distortion?