Salt and light have arrived. These agents have not lost their potency. For hours to come, the tone has been set. The meeting is unusually civil this night. Issues are somewhat resolved after fair-minded hearings.
Speakers hold to a certain standard of diplomacy.
Those who are unable are endured. The work gets done through give and take and compromise and honest, collective conviction. Somehow, the process works. Few can quite finger the cause of the unusual meeting. The messenger, along with the one hailed, has made a difference.