I mean, that's pretty much what you're asking for.

[ Not comparing her to a dictator is pampering, obviously. Coddling!! He could mention that he's an immigrant to Pandora — if hurtling towards it in an escape pod after setting a moon base on a crash collision course with it is "immigrating" — but he doesn't want to give her the satisfaction of thinking he's even softer than she thinks he is now. Helios was hard, too, just— not in the same way. He purses his lips as he thinks of what to say. ]

I have spent a lot of time sucking up to jerks in power who treated me like crap. And I mean a lot. I'm kind of done with that. So, you can start treating me like, you know, your equal, which I am, or you can get lost. Your choice, really. I'll give you some time to think it over.