None taken at all.
But I was actually pulled into the whole deal due to what they knew about me. My passion for sci-fi. My verbosity. The way I can articulate. My "different" ideas. So I was pulled in and realized kinda quickly it was going nowhere because it did end up being just them allowing me to dictate everything.... and I'm thinking... this ain't my project, I'm more of a consultant who has ideas and is interested in helping you guys flesh shyt out. I never had desires of writing like that. But what can you say to people you've known for 2 decades, who seem so interested in something and want your help and input? Since my absence, they haven't done a single meeting or added a single word or character since. Kinda let me know how much I was being used.
GRRM put a battery in a lot of folks backs... no joke.