[It's heavy stuff, and stuff Evan has only just begun to grapple with. It'd been a hell of a revelation that the deemers had been a case of parasitic infestation, much less anything else...

He grimaces, looking a touch harried, even.]

I suspect even a blank slate prefers that state to death. I can't see the attempt to help as being a bad thing by any stretch. Better that than, than just killing them.