Hm? [He looks up, absently, and then back down again.] Oh--yes. Of course.

[With more conviction, as again he looks up at her--] Yes, I really think so. It would lead Riftwatch in a direction--or at least, it would help to lead Riftwatch in a direction that I... well, not I, alone, but--

I think it would be good for us. It would establish us as something more. A--participant, upon a larger stage. Not concerned only with the current affairs--which are certainly, um, of greatest concern, but--concerned with more diverse issues. A wider scope.

It would speak well of us even to think in this direction. And I would be very proud to-- to recommend it, Poppell. Truly.