Ziya had always been a realist; Sina was an eccentric, but she could not hold it against her friend. She smiled. "I know," she said, "But if people don't vote for something different nothing will ever change. And I would like to be able to vote before I die." Crouch, Wright, and Dempsey were the only candidates for voting reform — and Crouch was in the Ministry, and Wright was too radical. Sina understood, with a clear vision, what Oz's message was — and she had helped to craft it.