displacement of reasoning

What did you do?
Gave him a nightmare
I can’t believe you, now they won’t listen to me
Oh well, maybe that’s for the best
What are you talking about?
You were really going to force him to make the biggest decision of his entire
life, one that would impact every single part of his existence, without even
consulting with me?
Well you would—you would shut it down
Of course I would shut it down, do you know how stupid an idea that is?
This isn’t working
No, it’s not