"I don't think there's a single person in the universe whose opinion I don't care about, so almost anyone will do, really.  It doesn't have to be symmetrical with all the people I'm losing face in front of today, it just has to outweigh the mass of the couple of dozen Barons here.  One Count would do it, or five million mundanes."

"You won't improvise any attempts to help me.  You'll wait until I ask."

"We also haven't talked about what you might want from me, perhaps."

"I don't think there's a single person in the universe whose opinion I don't care about, so almost anyone will do, really.  It doesn't have to be symmetrical with all the people I'm losing face in front of today, it just has to outweigh the mass of the couple of dozen Barons here.  One Count would do it, or five million mundanes."

"You won't improvise any attempts to help me.  You'll wait until I ask."

"We also haven't talked about what you might want from me, perhaps."

"I don't think there's a single person in the universe whose opinion I don't care about, so almost anyone will do, really.  It doesn't have to be the people I'm losing face in front of today, it just has to outweigh the mass of the couple of dozen Barons here.  One Count would do it, or five million mundanes."

"You won't improvise any attempts to help me.  You'll wait until I ask."

"We also haven't talked about what you might want from me, perhaps."