He gave his wife a cheeky grin as she got easily outmaneuvered. "Honey, me and Barid have had that argument about five times. Though this time, I am going to do something radical, and suggest meeting halfway. One emperor, and a council. But we can have that argument later.<br/><br/>For the moment, however, my plan involves getting Ama out of here before she thinks we are working together against her, and decides that we both need a good sunburn. Maybe later, you two can have a nice, quiet meeting in which you civilly try to convince her to modernize, and she tries to fry you for being cheeky?"