She looks at her hails for a moment and then switched her look back on Dr. Scott. "Naturally, I had some experienced advisors. First of all, Elaria from the old Contari family line. Her help on early stages is invaluable. And later I had people who helped me, for example Geneviève Marie Mercier, talented girl with a huge potential.
And there's a small misconception in your statements. National Council was never formed as the parallel government. Person who will tell you this is either a liar or an idiot. Council was formed as consultative body in the first place. There was a risk of a new wave of civil war and main goal was to make people talk instead of fighting. What national council was turned into later is the other thing. But I believe that some people are taking more power than they can carry.
As for my initial motives to get into the politics..., I wanted to avoid repressions by the Crimson Cross government. I thought that it will be way harder to do with a political figure. And I was right."