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「話し合って、どうする **と** ？ カルナスの市民を助けるため、この場を明け渡し、みすみす ヴァネッサがパンドーラに向かうのを許せとか？」

What と is it in the above?

I think it's the と used to quote, but how does it work in the above?

I guess my question is what do they mean by どうすると?

Does this mean "in what way will you tell me to act?".

Or does it mean something else?
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Which と is this in 話し合って、どうすると？
> 「[話]{はな}し[合]{あ}って、どうする **と** ？」

That 「と」 is indeed quotative as you guessed. If so, where is the verb that
follows the quotative 「と」? **It is just left unmentioned**.

In meaning, that question is the equivalent of:

> 「話し合って、どうする **と** 言いたいの？」
>
> 「話し合って、どうする **と** 言っているの？」
>
> 「話し合って、どうする **と** 考えているの？」

Note that the unmentioned subject of the unmentioned verb 言う/考える, etc. is " _
**you**_ " the listener this speaker is talking to.

To intentionally form a highly unnatural sentence without any words left
unsaid so that Japanese-learners might understand the original sentence, how
about this?

> 「話し合って、どうする **と** 、あなたは言って（or 考えて）いるのですか？」
>
> = "What are you saying/thinking that we should do after talking it over?"
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