"Yeah," Molly says, brow raising. "I think I get what you mean." It wouldn't even begin to be the case for everyone, she knows, where her own field is concerned, given the number of people that she suspects go into politics more to feed their ego than anything else, but as far as she's concerned, it's always been about the greater good. It's just in a much less direct way, broad instead of specific, not nearly so hands-on. She could never in a million years do what he does. She finds other ways of making a difference instead. "And when it's something you're that devoted to, it's... easy to get lost in it."
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