Belinda had dived under the table the instant the bomb had left Alexander's hand, but quickly slipped back into her seat after it went off. "Be careful with those!"  A reproving look, but she was shaking with repressed laughter as she grabbed his throwing hand.  "So excitable.  Now calm down, you're scaring the staff."  She gave his hand a gentle sueeze as she released it. "A broken system?  The problem is that the nobles don't think it's broken, so they have closed ranks to support it.  Changing their minds about that, or a large number of their minds is vital to our success."  Belinda took another swallow from her mug. "And I dont mean bringing them to the light of reason and concern for their fellow man.  That won't happen.  Most of them just can't think that way.  No, I mean shaking their faith that the system can support and protect them."