>"No need for that sigh. Chin up, you can see the light at the end of the tunnel!"
>"I could start right now, in theory. As for how I'm going to help, well. That all depends on what you need, doesn't it?"
>"Don't you think that's being a little too careless? After all, you already have a jaundiced eye turned toward you by the community, don't you?"
>"Not hated, no," I say. "But the level of trust that the public has in you is starting to teeter, am I wrong?"
>"Dead on the mark. You need something to win back confidence. The question is, what is that something?"
>"That might work, but really, the best thing would be to get some results. Wouldn't you agree?"
>"So, let's go into what getting results actually are in this case."
>"What do results look like? Making more things, making better things, find a place to sell the things?"
>"Great! Now, what is improving the right way? May I venture a guess and say better cooperation?"
>"So, how do you encourage them to cooperate? What's their reward?"
>"And what happens when they don't cooperate well enough?"
>"Perhaps less of a punishment and more of a smaller reward?"
>"Even better would be a larger reward for improved cooperation on top of it."
>"I'm...used to herding cats, so to speak.">Pat Marisa's head as though it were emphasis.
