A vote by all the people? [There's a new thought. He hasn't heard that one before.] ...I suppose it would be more difficult for either city to politically sway the settlement that way.

[He thinks a little harder about it, about the implications of an entirely new city to be built, partially with the help of two sworn enemies, and he nods slowly.

There will be kinks to work out. Questions of law and culture and society, and what happens if a citizen of this city wishes to fight on one side or another, but those are the sorts of questions left up to leaders and the residents of that city.]

Very well. Your proposal has my support.