"Opposition need not be uniform nor organized to be inconvenient." She's the last person to overlook the possibilities of a singe, seemingly insignificant person throwing a wrench into the works, as it were. "One must take into account the natures of those involved as well as their numbers."

And that's one reason she's such a social butterfly. She knows who is likely to listen to her, who isn't, and who is most likely to do something about it, with or without help. Zelman was right when he had called her manipulative; she does her utmost to know exactly what strings to pull. She nods, though, at his last point.

"The circumstances do not lend themselves toward constructing aught with any degree of permanence."