I am hardly a spirit. But I understand your meaning. [ His voice is dry. ] People who wield such high authority are callous to anyone below them, regardless of composition.

It is not the worst thing I have ever been called. And you are not wrong. [ A little amusement creeps into his tone, then. ] It was once a tiresome chore pushed onto me by another, but I have grown very used to it. [ Enough to admit that he doesn't mind running the whole thing, that he at least thinks of it as partially his. ]

You are less dramatic than I would think to see from a performer, but that is the whole point, I expect.