Well, you see, she can't control what the rest of us choose to do, or how we feel about what we've been tasked with here. Not just her, but the other militants. So without any authority to force us to fall in line, all they've got is to get mad about it.

It'll work on some people. Perhaps even most of them. But not on me.

[ If there's one thing Howl can be relied upon to do, it's weaseling out of any kind of difficult task or inconvenient responsibility. And he does this very intentionally. ]