[She studies him carefully for a moment. Among trolls, this wouldn't be a safe conversation, save among those whose politics have already been carefully felt out and vetted. And that momentary flicker in his demeanor indicates that he has been, if not obfuscating, at least deflecting...

But without more common ground to build that careful understanding of each other's politics on, and in a setting primarily populated by aliens anyway, perhaps she can take greater risks that she sometimes might.] Some of us have hopes for the current aspirant to the throne. But yes, historically, it has been... very difficult.