[she looks a bit grateful to have things directed away from that and relaxes a smidge] He...is a very dedicated man, but I think he sometimes loses sight of what's truly important to him until it's too late. To me, he's the kind of man who occupies his time with a distraction or new project rather than addressing the problems at hand. In a way, this project of bringing new residents like yourselves to the town was one of those distractions.