"Someone who doesn't have the risk of vanishing at the drop of a hat," Pepper replies. "The kedan should build the government, and they should run it, too. If they want a president or whatever, that's their decision - I'm just hoping I can convince them to vote for whoever sits at the top, and that whatever kind of supreme leader they decide on has term limits," she elaborates, pausing to grin wickedly. "And if I can manage it, write it into the laws that Yunxu isn't allowed to be up for election."

She's kidding, mostly. But it was true enough that having a family head in the seat of political power - legitimized political power - was not at all appealing, particularly if that head was Tu Yunxu.