I do not refuse to help - I do not! But there are certain things that I will not do, and this is one. I will toil all day in the fields if that is what they wish; I will lend my knowledge to a government, to counsel. I will fight even, to defend this place, though I hate the sword.
And it will not go to waste, I promise you.
The others will enjoy it a great deal, more so for me not being there.