[For what it's worth, he is still infinitely more interested in his notes than he is you.]

Don't worry, you're really not one that my coworker wants touched. I'm waiting for an override from above, dealing with that, but it looks like he's stonewalling pretty hard. They always do give him whatever he wants.

[That doesn't sound bitter, really; it's vaguely...something, but it's not a negative something.]