I mean that the monolith itself is connected to our worlds, and if my suspicions are correct, its... health, in a way.

[He gestures with a scarred hand, explanatory.]

Like a beating heart, sending magical energy out towards the multiverse, connected and providing "sustenance", as it were. And I would hate to see what happens when this heart is tampered with, or utterly stops because we are too focused on a war brewing all around us.