[ He narrows his eyes, and even adds a scoff. Doesn't have anything to add to the table, really? ]

That's your objective. [ Let's clear that up right now. Barely surviving is the baseline of what he's trying to accomplish. ] They're afraid of us. Of what we can do to their world, and they've tried us because we're always faced with a crisis so we don't have time to come up with a better plan.

I'm not saying I have the answers, but after two years of this, don't you think it's time we take another approach? Maybe work out a better deal that doesn't involve stealing our memories and pitting us against some other magical force that they clearly know more about than they're telling us.