Arden narrowed her eyes. "Is it going to put people in danger, especially Graham?" she asked. "Because if your plan is to come in and--what's the phrase? Put everybody to the sword or whatever so the animals can be free, then absolutely not. But if you're not planning something that will unduly harm the lives and livelihoods of innocent people, I'm willing to swear."

She could accept that sometimes shaking up an entrenched power system could have some short term negative consequences for people. That was just what happened.