Her mouth pressed together hard, her face turning at least a deep shade of purple as the stares became hardened. Her plans had taken, but she hadn't anticipated needing to follow through the whole way. Her mind ran the gamut of topics they could possibly touch on, and she determined it best to stay away from anything too emotional; independents weren't sitting on issues of homosexuality, anyway, so it was safe to steer clear.<br/><br/>"The question is, which subject makes you the most amenable? Which one can you fudge enough to make it palatable?" she pondered aloud, finally daring to look him in the eye directly. "You don't want to lie outright or flip-flop, but where can you at least feign compromise, or sympathy for the bleeding-heart liberal ideals?"