Failnaught, my friend, it might not be your place, but it would be absurd of me to not take your advice, on the grounds of you being my friend. Only a fool of a sovereign does not take the criticism and candor of their friends and advisors.

... That said, I do think for the moment it lay best for those of us here to play the role of the lamb rather than that of the wolf, for there are forces at work that I suspect will make the former much more strategically valuable, my friend.