If I compromise, there's a very likely chance that we all die.

[He restates.]

In this scenario, all of our survival and your happiness appear to be on parallel and separate paths. The sooner your kind will understand this, the less likely they are to get us all killed.

[There's a pause, and then, he grits out through his teeth:]

I don't like this either. It's crude and it's cruel and I would not endorse this under normal circumstances. But I am willing to do what needs to be done. I would do far worse to keep my species intact.