His response to that final question was a shake of the head and what sounded like a drastic change in tone. "Have to? No. I don't. And I'm not going to. Creating that position was your idea and it turned out like this. My way was better, I'm sticking with it." While his voice wasn't raised and there was nothing overtly harsh in what he'd said, the words were still delivered firmly and with an easily discernable amount of anger and frustration. She was also being given no room to convince him otherwise, under a silent threat of being chastised if she did.
"He didn't have access to nearly as much as you think he did. But they've already been stripped of clearance and we've changed codes. Patrol routes and flight schedules were always on my file, not his. If I'd left it to him, he'd have told half of Liberty where and when to find us." While this could have been interpreted as a joke, he was being completely serious and the disgust on his face was easily observable by somebody with her talents.
