'The committee on things other than lack of war that might appease Jackdaw', she thinks of it, though in fairness she does actually care about protecting the rights of her city's people against whoever comes after her. If that helps all the other people like them, so much the better.
She takes the chair's... chair, and looks around the table. The well-spoken sortition delegate from the opening proceedings is here, and the self-described non-diabolist she came to the defense of. They might be problems, or useful, she'll have to find out.
"This seems to be everyone, and we have all the varieties of delegate represented. I suppose we might introduce ourselves. I am Jilia Bainilus de Kintargo, elected Lord Mayor of the city for many years and as of recently also Archduchess of Ravounel. I hope we can find compromises between what Her Majesty will permit and what the common people would demand if they had no constraints."
