Your reluctance to allow others to carry your burden has reached an impasse. You, who are inside it, cannot see its bounds nor its destruction. No man can do it all, not alone, not like this. Not even the great and honorable Emet-Selch can do it alone. You have Dirk, you protest, yet nay, you chose to hold him at arms' length as long as you could.

All of that besides, I do not resent what your toils have made of you, merely your toils. I will ever stand at your side, but I do beseech you to reconsider your course.

[His gaze holds steady and his eyes narrow.]

You abandoned my scheme ere you heard it, and your scheme has the potential to destroy mine. What would you have me do? You should be grateful to have me lending my aid to you in spite of my hesitance.