I know.

[He averts his eyes, looking at his own knees instead. Of course Fiddleford wouldn't like he that. He has to act.

Marco likes that about him.]

I know it's not enough, b-but it helps. He's trying to help. He's... He's doing all he can, he is, but she's... She's too powerful.

[He repeats, in a whisper meant more for himself than for Fiddleford:] She's too powerful, she controls too much.