What would you have done?

"Giving up Markarth was a heavy price for this truce, M'rassi Dragonborn. I hope it was worth it." Jarl Balgruuf said tiredly.
"What would you have done in my place, Balgruuf?" She replied. She didn't even look up. The whole thing could have gone better. Damn Ulfric and his Nord stubbornness!