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When it says "any attempt to work with" you mean she actively sabotaged others trying to do things her way, or that she did what she wanted even if it wasn't the way they were supposed to be doing it, and thus more of including her being disastrous?
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She strikes me as the kind of terrible person who violently lashes out at anyone who gets in her way during the action and will throw a fit at people who suggest trying another tactic. Definitely someone nobody wants in charge. The type to shoot the messenger who brought bad news and execute the advisory council everyone was surprised she had in the first place.

Ilya, for his part, would have tried to probe and see if she was open to diplomacy. She clearly was not, and so he would quietly (and internally resentfully) settle in to the family feud - though he wasn't about to start sh*t when there's so much work and learning to be done. He would, however, feel a bit pissy about her special treatment with a individual culmination and special assignment. Part of him hopes its a punishment of sorts, but really he fears someone as terrible as her is being handed a relatively easy path to being regarded as a hero. The brat doesn't deserve it.

As for Ziotea's opposition to Ilya being a leader - she would have had no real say, as a member of a different warband. She can throw as many fits as she likes, but Leviathan business does not concern her - until culmination and Ilya's assignment to join Phoenix in journeying to El, that is. But by then, his position is cemented, it's just a matter of what sway he has on the boat. That will be at sea for a [i]very[/i] long time.