[She shakes her head, here, as if Meril has somehow missed a very vital step in this conversation.]

The Managers treat us like that because they're shitty people, Meril. I don't think genuinely bad people follow any real logic, either, they can't do that and still get what they think is owed to them.

[Why Nariko does what she does and why they're treated the way they are happen to be two very separate ideas.] Even so, what would you do if you weren't here?

[In other words, what was the point in questioning that particular avenue? They were at their best as a band, right?]