Sue, yes, to secure my immediate situation -- but potentially sabotage my long term relationship with the association in the meanwhile. It isn't very fun, is it, being the ousted party.

[Being hated, despised? No problem. But being torn from his power source, being banished from his only value of validation? Chilton might just yield before the state, in that regard. No matter how much he agreed with Hannibal's opinions on government.

As long as it wasn't his sort of governing under critical eye.]

It's nice that -- [Hannibal is listening to him.] I ah, just wanted to say how much. I appreciate this.