Perhaps the truth hurts. I was trying to make them feel guilty.
 
You only made them deaf to your words.
 
Serena had refined her speech to incorporate his advice, while still sticking to her principles. One step at a time. And she, too, would learn with each step. On the advice of her father, she had also spoken to like-minded representatives in private, rallying some support and gaining a few allies ahead of time? Thirty years away from the valleys had never quite eradicated the lilt.