There it is! Better to get on with it now than to dither around it in circles until it's finally approached from a tactically advantageous angle. And yet, in spite of being the one to bring it up just so they could get to it, Mobius still scoffs, shakes his head, just barely manages not to roll his eyes.

"No," impatiently, "I haven't reconsidered. My abilities are a gift of mine same as my hand. There's no reason I can't use both at once if the power's been granted to me. You saw me pop your doppelganger's head." Maybe a testament to how weak the nightmare shadows were the further from the device they were, but still. "Less an alternative, more an extra tool in the toolbox."

Having his cake and eating it, too. Possibly greedy, but if he's been allowed this, then why not have both?

"I'm not lopping off my hand, and I'm not quitting lyrium. Because like you said. Maybe it was meant to happen."