76 doesn't take it that way--Grothia seems a little more human than the rest of the Regency, simply by virtue of her having escaped from it. It seems to him that the Regency functions on such a different plane that it's difficult to appeal to them the way one might someone with empathy.

"Might as well hang onto it, then."

He realizes he's assuming a great deal about the Regency, but what else can he possibly think about an organization of brainwashed soldiers bent on subjugating in the name of 'peace'?

"Maybe they'll get desperate and offer you more."