To a hammer, the problem is always a nail...
More of the same. Stay respectful and indifferent, their model of human response and remedy expects emotion (they set it up like that) so that their various veiled threats can be wheeled out against those steeping up.
Quiet indifference is the key. If one is fatigued and stressed it is hard to operate.
'Gandhi once observed that every movement goes through four stages: First they ignore you; then they abuse you; then they crack down on you and then you win'.