"It's an interesting approach," Ahote says before taking a moment to think. "We elders don't have enough power to fully stifle the Assembly, but we certainly have influence. Let's say that we elders buy you the power to exert your will for a limited time. What would you do with it to help solve the problems we currently face? The increasing demands of the humans, the discontent of the Builders, and the ineffectiveness of the HRC?"
"Replace the HRC and recruit better negotiators from the Assembly and the Builders."
"I'd make the HRC take a hard line stance with the humans, hold out for a better deal."
"Would it be possible to creatively interpret a law that would force Assembly members to work with the Builders?"
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