As the council session continued to progress, everyone grew accustomed to the new dynamic.
The absence of a lot of leading military personnel caused the discussions in the Interim Leadership Council to unfold slower and with more time for deliberation.
The career politicians and detail-oriented bureaucrats just loved to spend their time arguing about specific details that most people would have overlooked.
It was not always useless chatter. These sorts of people were best at projecting policies into the future and imagining all of the intended and unintended consequences that would ensue.
Their vast body of experience and deep familiarity with implementing lots of different policies and directives added a lot of new perspectives on issues, enabling everyone to understand the pros and cons a bit better.
