Elias Abarco is not, particularly, a neutral observer in the Project's splintering. Sevar doesn't like him, see, so it's to his advantage for there to be someone who does.
"Welcome to no longer being on a super secret extra special project with the top Security in all of Cheliax assigned. It's not going to get better from here. If we go to war, it'll get worse. Do you want advice, or do you want to strut around highmindedly demanding that Cheliax be a completely different place that works the way the half-extrapolated dath ilan in your head works?"