Right, like asking's going to work any better.

[He wouldn't actually know, because she's absolutely right, but he's also not going to try it any time soon either.]

Kaaaareeen, c'mon, you know our best plans are the ones we come up with together. [Meaning the ones she comes up with and he just claims he helped think of but. Details.] And I know you'd rather work on failed evil schemes than on no schemes at all.