"I would assume that Her Majesty had to make a great many compromises to assemble the coalition that allowed her to take power so quickly and so seamlessly. And those compromises were the right choice, at the time, but inasmuch as this constitution isn't bound by them we ought to reverse as many of them as we can without causing a war."

She scowls slightly. 

"I think a full-scale war would be unlikely to end in a better result for the forces of Good than the one we have right now. Those are dice you only roll when your current position is a poor one. Use your words, child. Much can be won that way."

"Well, we're not allowed to say that any delegate ought not to be here, even if they are a diabolist who served the Thrune regime and are still one of the most powerful people in the country."

"I am confident that within the existing rules it is possible to observe that the Archduke Narikopolus has reigned for a long time and served several different Queens of Cheliax. I think you could even argue that he ought not to be an Archduke, just not that he ought not to be at the convention. It's not necessarily wise, but far be it from me to pick your battles for you."

It's really not and she's tired of people trying it, but she should still listen when someone says her intended course is unwise. "Why do you think it would be unwise? Just because I'll anger an Archduke?"

"Because you'll anger someone who your Church can't afford as an enemy, and who with more grace you could drag into full-throatedly supporting you to prove how non-diabolist he is."

"But he'd still...be a diabolist with power over the lives of millions of people. I'm not trying to arrange for everyone to get along, here. For no war, sure. But I'd rather he be shamed into stepping down than be loudly praising Iomedae."

"Then you'd better be very sure you have enough to shame him into stepping down." Carlota has an illustrative example of why it's a bad idea to irritate and not disempower powerful nobles but she's not going to proffer it. 

"I do understand that, Duchess. Thank you."

"Goddess go with you for as long as you need her."

She hasn't heard that variant before. She rather likes it. "And with you."