[There's a faint, exasperated noise over the line. He expected an argument, but not such a weak one.]

Then she's recruited. This is not a matter of life and death. Those don't matter here; this is a matter of threat and damage. There's far worse things that can be done to a man than merely stopping his breath. There's a catalog of them.

I no more want you to face them than I do Miles. Frankly, there should be pairs for all of us.