[ There's similarly a longish delay before Root responds, because she's busy hacking into private conversations and following the discourse to judge how credible this turnabout is. Between the public conversation where he persuaded them and the private follow-ups where they backed up what they said in public, she's actually pretty persuaded.
She has reservations, but... she's not going to pretend people can't fall in line. That's what she does all the time with the Machine. And frankly, she respects his honesty. Still, Root's default is to take things cavalierly while she's still making up her mind. ]
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She has reservations, but... she's not going to pretend people can't fall in line. That's what she does all the time with the Machine. And frankly, she respects his honesty. Still, Root's default is to take things cavalierly while she's still making up her mind. ]
You got elected party leader, huh?