Maybe. The challenges will be harder though, and good support isn't enough if that isn't really what he wants to do.

[Projection? Maybe, but genuine.

Min's own challenges had been less high stakes from the outside, but they'd made his life unbearable. He knows the pressure of trying to live up to other people's expectations, no matter how well meaning they might be. If he hadn't been given a job he might have voted for Malva, or he might have abstained. Between Bede's answers and him rubbing him the wrong way anyway, he can't see himself choosing him even under different circumstances.]

I think so. Malva just seems like the better candidate no matter which way I look at it.