If Psellos was being cheered on by Aimilianos, he would try harder to help. But if Aimilianos' words implied he was slacking, he denied it. News of his strong support of all Aimilianos' issues before the emperors must have reached Antioch. Psellos used Christian language to churchmen, leaving them no handicap in correspondence: so Aimilianos should write, confident in his general superiority. Psellos' letters were priceless, but could all be bought for one holy sermon