"Agreed. Politics is no place for individual desires," possibly why he resents it so much. "I wasn't aware of his progress in that region, I just know that they're determined that he would win. And I suspect it would be catastrophic for the city in general as well as the xenians, more than the his backers would ever allow themselves to contemplate."

He could go on and on as to why, but he guesses she has a few ideas of her own.

And he looks at that just closed door, with a canid cant of his head, chin ever so slightly raised. "...Did you do that?" Just needing a confirmation. He rubs the filed boneblades, barely protruding from the wrap of one arm absently as he considers.