Marilyn could see from the interaction that they were slowly losing out in this argument. Marilyn had actually meant to invite Mark to this meeting earlier so that they would give Mark an offer for collaboration, just like they had given to Gunter and all the other Sovereigns. This way, Mark would have more of a reason to stay in the country and the country could be assured that if they were ever in trouble, then they could count on Mark to come to their aid. But from what Marilyn was hearing, not only would they not be able to strike the deal with Mark, Mark was intending to leave the country constantly to help out in other parts of the world! That could end very badly if other countries heard about this!