[76 was only half listening, enough to catch names and important enough details out of pure habit-]

More or less, need their asses kissed the right way to keep a war from happening. Or to get them to allow someone in to help the people they hold power over. [Always irritated him, how powerless the position really was at the end of the day. All of the red tape and road blocks just to help people, help the world, to just... live a life that was even just safe and comfortable enough for all steps of life.

Was it even worth it in the end to have fought so hard for that?]