Ves hated how he attracted the attention of each and every councilor.
They clearly showed an elevated level of interest when he was expected to speak. It was as if his opinions carried significantly greater weight than others!
This was an absurd notion. His hard power was not great, and he did not believe his wisdom matched up against all of the other leaders of red humanity.
The main reason why he attracted so much attention was because he managed to shoot into fame by inventing a bunch of extremely useful stuff and sharing a few crazy ideas.
While Ves took pride in many of his accomplishments, that did not mean he believed could throw his weight around.
His foundation was unstable. His power base was heavily reliant on the backing of third parties. People tolerated his opinions so long as he remained useful, which was not forever.
