[what he would give for his charmspeaking friend right about now! At least then they could make people listen.]

Personally? I don't think the King or anybody is going to listen to us. Let's be real, we're outsiders here. No amount of white flags is going to change that. [which is why he 100% agrees on both points one and two. Unless they can get the people that lived here involved in helping themselves, this wasn't going to work.]

Even if we did storm in ourselves and work things out the way we want, if the people here aren't supporting it, it won't last.