"The troops are for your use, however you see best fit, to fight this... impossible foe. I don't want them back, until the issue is solved, permanently. In fact, as it may, likely, take beyond their lifetimes, I intend to replace any who might perish, during your use of them, so, yes... preserve them, if you can. As for the previous discussion... consider it water under the bridge. I am no longer concerned with that issue," she says, which likely leaves him wondering what caused that change of heart.