You are a powerful leader in your own right, then. I would proffer my apologies, but this precisely is why I requested information from you people.

[Assuming her words were honest, he's not concerned about her exile, either. In the face of her obvious irritation, Ozymandias remains calm.]

The people here are not mine, I have no instinctive interest in defending them. Were I to act, I would presume it would be at the behest of those responsible for our presence here. You too would seek them out for your payment.

In such a case, I would at the very least expect cooperation.