It did annoy him at first, yes. But after the annoyance passed, he decided to have fun with it and used your emotions against you. And there's no way he'd cooperate with anyone, not while he still has one person working for him. Or afraid of what will happen to him, I'm not sure. Resarci is a difficult man to read.

Ichijou...[Nathan leans forward, lowering his voice.] When this is over, I won't be able to give you such control that you're asking, but if you'd like to remain here, I may be able to arrange something.

As far as Lab 3 goes...you actually weren't protecting the pictures. [He looks away for a second.] I was protecting you and the others.