[she appreciates his being forthcoming about his personal bias.]

It's not quite a council where I'm from, but our leaders are supposed to put their people's needs over their own. [so while solvunn can be rather extreme in their expectations of their 'leaders', it's not really uncommon should one peel back the more rudimentary aspects of it.] Those in the Tertiary Settlement are pretty unhappy with her, aren't they?

[what with the supply sent off to the free cities and not having enough for building their ships here.]

Was she always like that? I can't imagine she got elected if she went against the grain from the start.