"I neither have the power to put you in direct command of Project Lawful, nor would I want the responsibility of making that decision if I had," Maillol says coldly, and with as much dignity as he can manage.  "Get an order from my superiors saying you're in charge of and responsible for the overall direction of Project Lawful, and I'll work under you on logistics and personnel, as professionally as you worked for me."

"Unless and until that order arrives, I'm still the one who gets held responsible for your project directives and I will not be responsible for this one."

"If you need an order saying you have urgent business to discuss with Aspexia Rugatonn tonight, write it for me and I'll sign it.  I'll even throw in a free note saying that I do not have a very solid vision for this project myself, and cannot judge the solidity of yours."

"If you can't get anyone to put you in charge, you're not in charge and I will not expect to deal with this manner of insubordination in the future."

"Deal?"

"I neither have the power to put you in direct command of Project Lawful, nor would I want the responsibility of making that decision if I had," Maillol says coldly, and with as much dignity as he can manage.  "Get an order from my superiors saying you're in charge of and responsible for the overall direction of Project Lawful, and I'll work under you to manage logistics and personnel, as professionally as you worked for me."

"Unless and until that order arrives, I'm still the one who gets held responsible for your project directives and I will not be responsible for this one."

"If you need an order saying you have urgent business to discuss with Aspexia Rugatonn tonight, write it for me and I'll sign it.  I'll even throw in a free note saying that I do not have a very solid vision for this project myself, and cannot judge the solidity of yours."

"If you can't get anyone to put you in charge, you're not in charge and I will not expect to deal with this manner of insubordination in the future."

"Deal?"

"I neither have the power to put you in direct command of Project Lawful, nor would I want the responsibility of making that decision if I had," Maillol says coldly, and with as much dignity as he can manage.  "Get an order from my superiors saying you're in charge of and responsible for the overall direction of Project Lawful, and I'll work under you to manage logistics and personnel, as professionally as you worked for me."

"Unless and until that order arrives, I'm still the one who gets held responsible for your project directives and I will not be responsible for this one."

"If you need an order saying you have urgent business to discuss with Aspexia Rugatonn tonight, write it for me and I'll sign it.  I'll even throw in a free note saying that I do not have a very solid vision for this project myself, and cannot judge the solidity of yours."

"If you can't get anyone to put you in charge, you're not in charge and I will not expect this manner of insubordination in the future."

"Deal?"