[Marco wrings his hands for a moment before opening his mouth to reply.

It may be about to become clear that his attempt to think of some way not make this not happen has been unsuccessful so far.]

A... Actually. I, I was wondering if we could discuss this a little more first. Like... Like, uh... Why do you still insist on having this done? I mean... [A VERY nervous laugh.] Clearly, there... there's no point.