Though this may be have been true, his goal at the time was to covertly inform Tinian I'att Azur-Jamin, heiress and fugitive from the weapons complex that no-one had survived the building's explosion. It was a lie planted by Woyiq as a favor to Tinian's lover, Daye Azur-Jamin, a survivor from the blast who felt his "death" would unburden her.