Does と mark reported speech here?


どうしようか **と** 相談しているところに知らせが届いた。 While discussing _what to do_...




The sentence is a bit convoluted but yes the と reports that the speaker (?)
was asking about what to do when the message (?) arrived.




The sentence is a bit convoluted but yes the と reports that the speaker (?)
was asking about what to do when the message (?) arrived.

