Regardless of whether or not you prepared yourself, the outcome would have been the same. It would not have affected my performance.

[Yeah, that's how he's choosing to justify that. She had nothing to do with their daring escape after all.

He's rude.]

Besides which, we were under a strict time limit. [He will carefully put her to her feet now, no more cat dangling.] I would rather do what must be done than ask permission, when the outcome was agreeable to you regardless.