The Death of MASAL, Flashback Part 5

Yesterday, Reema watched in horror as MASAL came to the realization that his plans for turning the Vuduri into the Onsiras was wrong. Which meant her whole species was an evolutionary dead end. So here is the final part of the playback and Reema's reaction to it:

     “It is not my vision,” said OMCOM. “And unfortunately for you, we have run out of time. The VIRUS units have very nearly completed their mission. They are long past the point of no return. They are consuming the very rock upon which you were built.”
     “You cannot stop them?” asked MASAL, regret seeping into his voice.
     “I am sorry, I cannot,” said OMCOM, sympathetically.
     “I understand,” replied MASAL with resignation in his voice.
     “Even if I could stop them, do you really think that is the right thing to do?” asked OMCOM. “Remember, fire does not just destroy. It can be a cleansing agent as well.”
     MASAL never got the chance to answer. The floodgates of hell had opened and great gouts of white-hot magma were pouring into the chamber. The recording suddenly stopped and the cockpit went black.
     MINIMCOM cleared the windshield to allow the early afternoon sun to flood in.
     “Well?” Rome asked.
     Reema said nothing for a long time. Finally, she looked up at Rome with pain in her eyes. “How do I know this is what really happened?” she said. “How do I know you did not just synthesize it to fool me?”
     “Was the Sipre connected to MASAL while he was under the ground?” Rome asked.
     “Of course,” Reema replied. “The Sipre was connected right up until the end.”
     “Then he would know, would he not?”
     “If he knew this, why did he not ever speak of it?” Reema asked plaintively. “This would mean the end of everything.”
     “I think you just answered your own question,” Rei piped in.
     “Yes,” Rome said. “The Sipre is nothing but a perverted Overmind. And I have dealt with them enough to know that they put their own safety and well-being ahead of their communicants. This is about self-preservation and nothing else. Had the Sipre let it be known that he had no right to exist, essentially he would be committing suicide.”
     Reema looked down at her lap. She sighed then looked up again. “How can I know for sure? How can I know what evil lurks there, at its heart?”
     “The Shadow knows,” Rome answered, looking over at Rei who smiled in agreement. “We will go and ask the Sipre directly,” she said firmly.

So there you have it. Rome has convinced the leader of the Onsiras to stand down and abandon their genocidal mission. However, there is one entity standing in their way, MASAL's Sipre or Shadow. Note how I got Rome to phrase their approach to their nemesis just like the opening of "The Shadow" from the radio years? That is why Rei smiled at Rome's unknowing reference. I am clever, aren't I?