I cannot believe that she really only thinks of it in financial terms.
I think her mind was racing and she was desperately looking for some place with power, some way that she could sabotage your plans, and the only card she was holding was financial.
Is there a way to revisit this convo with less hostility?
Being a man of steel is all well and good, but not when the steel is fashioned like some medieval man with pokey things all over it and daggers and swords.
Oh and you handled the budget conversation perfectly! This is really getting to be second nature to you, eh. Good job..
