practicality

Sheska beat back the immediate desire to start asking the hundreds of questions that started germinating in her brain and tried to keep focused on the discussion at hand. She shook her head. "Our skill sets are very different, though. You lead. You command respect and obedience, and protect people. I? I read. And organize books. And... bake. And I couldn't be of use to anyone if it wasn't a public project. Otherwise I'd have to be killed, or confined, or..." She cast around for another alternative. "I suppose here they could even wipe my memory. I'm not a major character. I'm not even a minor character. I'm one of the passersby who works in the background and doesn't really do anything worth noting."