The inheritance conflict IMO actually is the start of it getting good, so there's still hope.
And yes, we know the wording is really awkward.
"My, my. I wish I could wrap those words up and send them to this room a few decades ago. Right, Rosa?" What the god damn hell is she trying to say?
As for this, though, I think the meaning is fairly apparent: 'That would have been nice if you had said it when it actually mattered' or something like that.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick