"Do we have a choice?" she asked. "We have no friends, no allies, no financial supporters. At the moment, going out on our own would be suicide," she said. "As irritating as he is, people seem to respect him. There must be something that we haven't seen." It was her weak spot. Bud had mentioned it more than once, but she liked to see the good in people, even if she still believed that a military lead would be bad in the long run.
"We should do what we do best. Wait and evaluate, and then we decide," she answered.