[ There's a twitch at the corner of Ernesto's mouth at the comment "Diplomacy so rarely works, after all", but he doesn't make any comment on it. He can understand the sentiment in some ways. He was raised in part by a man who spent his life in the army, and whose solution to problems involved more violence.

Sometimes it was unavoidable, but for someone like Ernesto who preferred to try and talk things out whenever possible...

Maybe he was a fool for that one. ]

You can say that again, and some of them already came in feeling really galvanized in their beliefs. It's gonna be harder to lead anyone like that to a negotiating table.