Jovana blinked at the last sentence and exclaimed in her mind, 'What? Why should we encourage the king to go to war?'
She then lowered her head and kept reading, "I know it sounds insane, but I know why the king wants this conflict so badly, and he will never change his mind. I can't give you the details here, but cornering the king into stopping the war will only make him push more aggressively for it." Knowing the king and his ego, Jovana could see Keith's point in the last sentence. "On the other hand, a public display of support for the king's objectives could buy more time for Clifford… enough time to unite the forces against the king and depose him before the beginning of the war.