| − | I have been asked about this many times, my friendly reader. But there is little I can add to what the wise men of the past had said about the nature of power. If you want to ascend to the throne, you must be like a legendary. They are the ones that rise to power, quickly and effortlessly, like the feather of a bird rises up to the sky, sailing the wind and requiring no horse to pull it. For when you need to be pulled, there is going to be a puller, and they will ask of you, and you will be in their debt - and your power will never be absolute. | + | I have been asked about this many times, my friendly reader. But there is little I can add to what the wise men of the past had said about the nature of power. If you want to ascend to the throne, you must be like a legendary. They are the ones that rise to power, quickly and effortlessly, like the feather of a bird rises up to the sky, sailing the wind and requiring no horse to pull it. For when you need to be pulled, there is going to be a puller, and they will ask of you, and you will be in their debt - and there is no power in being in debt. |
| | A bubble rises to the surface of the pond because it cannot go anywhere else. The secret of the legendary is the paradox: they are the most unremarkable person you will ever know, yet the whole world will keep wondering about them until the end of time. This makes them blameless. Like a fleeting glance of a beautiful lover, a legendary leaves no evidence of their deeds. And yet, they single-handedly create empires, build cities, displace whole peoples and make time turn. | | A bubble rises to the surface of the pond because it cannot go anywhere else. The secret of the legendary is the paradox: they are the most unremarkable person you will ever know, yet the whole world will keep wondering about them until the end of time. This makes them blameless. Like a fleeting glance of a beautiful lover, a legendary leaves no evidence of their deeds. And yet, they single-handedly create empires, build cities, displace whole peoples and make time turn. |