Coming from CodeMonkeyZ (sorry, I do not have the telegram link): Refusing to pay the insignificant amount of a million dollars just means they have a better plan in place. Consider this a feint.
Stay on your toes and watch. I think he's right. It would be foolish to think they are out of ammunition.
Shhh don't give them more suggestions, we saw with time that they come to see here mistakes / points we think about and then puff they apply them on the stage, like bidet greetings, the nuclear football, and so forth :D