We'll do the best we can with whatever we have.

[It's all borrowed time for him now anyway. Every extra moment is more than he would otherwise have been allotted. Perhaps it's one reason he has the sense of urgency that he does.]

She has a good heart. Don't let the prickliness fool you. [A brief smile.]

I'm not worried about dissent as long as it's not to the point of alienation, or worse outright opposition and obstructionism.