"True, true," he agreed, "But of course logic dictates you actually can't put out a fire with more fire. But that ruins the metaphor." As logic usually did. Oh well.
Not off her rocker. Well, the part about sitting around in the woods while her nose bled freely was a little strange, but the conversation wasn't so odd. Maybe for the average being on the island, but revolutions were his particular forte. "Ah, now you ask the easy questions," Mircea said, grinning broadly, "A coup, short for the French coup d'état, is a military overthrow of the current government. A revolution is led by the people. Me personally, I don't particularly like military run governments, but a regime change is a regime change, for better or worse."