[Clearly to Asuka:] Then we can all agree that it's a good thing that your talents don't lie in decision making in the meantime. While we can't shelve that decision entirely, we can't leap to it. I believe I speak for all of us when I say that there are those among us who wouldn't be able to live with that decision. [But she prefers to not overlook it entirely, lest things hit the wall, so to speak. That's why she emphasized the fact that no one is innocent. They can't act as if they are speaking to good people.]

The important part of our mission is recalling that this is one laden with politics. If you can't handle that, then you'll be given another position.