Oz wrinkled his nose. On the one hand, being called interesting was high praise — from Thomasina it was perhaps the highest praise she would willingly voice. On the other hand, he wasn't sure that interesting was enough to get votes. In social circles he liked to be interesting, because the only goal there was to control the narrative. If people were talking about you and you knew what they were saying, you'd won. Here, there was a narrative driving towards a specific point, and he wasn't sure what the best path to that point was. "Was Minister Ross interesting?" he asked, as though he genuinely couldn't recall what he'd thought at the time. Oz hadn't voted for him, but obviously plenty of people had, and Oz could admit that he had been largely content (or at worst nonplussed) with Ross' leadership since the election. "Was Urquart interesting?" he continued. "Before his daughter made headlines."

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