Politics are... messy. Complicated. Occasionally they have their uses.

[He is good at them, when he wants to be. He has a knack for it, for understanding people and figuring out their motivations. It's all a puzzle to be put together. But he's also seen the toll it can take.]

Well, I don't know what a Paragon is, but I'm not sure I can fault her preference.

[Drunkard of a widower isn't all that flattering after all.]