“If I nominate her first, Prince Blueblood will reject it. He’ll rile up the other nobles, and he’ll insist that he deserves the position.” Celestia sipped her tea. “He’s already upset that he didn’t get an ambassadorial position after the Crystal Empire reappeared; he was apparently unaware that we do not have ambassadors to our own territories. Given his impassioned speeches—before his error was pointed out, of course—if he is not offered the role he will drag the process on forever.”