And neither of them would have been able to do what you've been doing, nor the insight into these kinds of politics that I'm terrible at, Sypha would be worse at, and Agatha would....bluntly, I'm still furious with her, and I doubt I would be inclined to listen to her at the time.

[He raises one hand, rubbing slowly at the bridge of his nose.]

Disposable. You've made yourself essential from our perspective, or do you genuinely fail to realize that?