[Excuse you, he has some great ideas. It's just he's better at local government than, you know, other things. Like gambling and controlling his emotions and not hurting the people he cares about.

For a moment, he looks startled, then smiles faintly.]

No. The only reason I could make it mandatory was because it was one of a battery of new laws instituted the moment I came to power. Cushioned with things like accessible education, sensible economic policies, general public meetings.

I trust you to make it work, if you think it's doable.