"But not you," he says, and to his credit he doesn't actually sound all that skeptical. He has more reason to believe this guy doesn't mean him real harm than to believe he does, but all things considered he's getting the feeling that that won't amount to much outside this room.

"So they're dead serious about it, this 'power struggle'. What's in it for the winner?" He's guessing 'more power', but that doesn't mean shit to him and so for clarity he adds, "...Specifically."