[The wrong side. Is that the problem, not knowing the approach in which to put her faith, or which political pile she should cast her lot in?

Or is this more about perception? “That others are unwilling to accept” is just a fragment of what she’s said, but it blares loudly, peals like a bell in his mind.]

We need to make decisions based on what’s the right thing to do, not what everyone wants to see. We’ll be pulled apart in too many directions otherwise.

[But he has to concede a point: she isn’t wrong in some aspects. One needs to know what the right path is, and Stephen is still puzzling that out, too. The details are frustratingly obfuscated.]

But I can appreciate you wanting to do some research.