I feel like this requires proper context. If you personally refuse to work with me or my associates that is a personal problem but don’t assume why I or how I work with those I do.
I have people like Vlad for instance to deal with work best suited to Vlads talents. I wouldn’t send Vlad to Anath anymore then I’d send a Cyber-knight to dust my library. Just because he is in my employ doesn’t mean I’m going to waste his time, mine or yours sending him where he can’t be made useful.
With that in mind I’ll thank you Lord Consort to remember that I’ve stood by you before you wore that title, I believed in you before you were ennobled. I shared my mind with you, drank at your side and if you ever needed me I would spring to your aid.
If you see me the same is irreverent, I see you as what the empire should be and will defend that, you and your family.
I hope you remember that.
That said stop being a dick.