[ What the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck. He's startled enough to drop all his attempts at political doublespeak. Which he wasn't attempting too well to begin with. ]
But I give no shits about politics, aside from tax codes. And you're insane if you think anyone would vote for me.
Hardly. We are looking for a capable leader so as to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to share status with some little dog thing. You must admit, between the children who ran for De Chima and Komasan who ran for Maurtia Falls, there really should be tighter criteria surrounding who is allowed to run.
Boring, truth be told. When it isn't dangerous, that is. What with the attacks in Philadelphia or the other nonsense that happens regularly within our community. It's full of meetings, negotiations, paperwork. All things I'm certain you are used to as a businessman, my lord.
I will never sell it by telling you what the job entails. But it is not the job itself that matters. It is the position it gives you, the contact with this world's government, and the chance to truly change things for the imPorts and your city if you can be persuasive enough.
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But I give no shits about politics, aside from tax codes. And you're insane if you think anyone would vote for me.
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What's the job actually like?
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Boring, truth be told. When it isn't dangerous, that is. What with the attacks in Philadelphia or the other nonsense that happens regularly within our community. It's full of meetings, negotiations, paperwork. All things I'm certain you are used to as a businessman, my lord.
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[ Translation, of course: his family. ]
What advantages are there for me and for them?