"Heart of Burfuna." As the words boomed into her mind, she jolted back to her senses and took a deep breath, "Well, it's the truth."
The Royal Clan was the beating heart of the city while the Four Great Clans under it were its four senses. The Elemental Clans, on the other hand, were its limbs. Together as a whole, they maintain the functioning of the city.
After all, their numbers were few, numbering in the three hundreds per each Clan as compared to the hundreds of thousands among the common populace. So, they were literally part of the governing body, almost all of them.
If she hadn't been ambushed and had to run away in the end, Re'Kha too would have taken up an administrative position by now. Though, it wasn't as if she would be running an organisation or a shop on her own.