Phil knows when he's beat and gives Jason a curt bow, "Thank you, sir, for this favor, and..." he doesn't want to say this, he really doesn't, to a man who seemed to be vitriol incarnate, to radiate contempt to everyone in his presence. "Sorry to bother you and your District."

How Emily kept herself sane with this man and her District is beyond the grasp of Gray's understanding but at least he wasn't risking that big a punishment. He does give the Avox a shrug.