Hey, I know it's shit, but she's taking over a country. It's not like she snuck pot out of her dad's stash or something. [ His tone was wry, but it wasn't flippant. He took things like this very seriously, if Terry hadn't figured that one out by now. ]

What else can you do, just stand by? Let her do what the fuck she wants? A teenager, running a country? [ Inaction, in his eyes, was just as bad as supporting. For a guy who liked way too much history, it should be no surprise that he could think of plenty of historical examples, and even some comic-book related examples, but this wasn't the fucking history channel. He expected Terry at least got that.

This was very obviously his attempt to actually reassure him, as shitty as it was. ]