12-10-2024, 04:20 PM
“I beg to differ. Control the masses, and you will have fewer dissidents to deal with. Do not control the masses, and you risk an uprising against you. Your biggest problem is ensuring the reigns of your control feel like the right and natural order, so that you may decide who is and is not fit for that kind of power. Right now, you have made yourselves the enemy – killers and murderers, a thing to be feared and fought against. Legitimise your claim, Mr Lagueux, and become the arm of justice rather than tyranny. Which is all to say, if you wish to control channelers, you will need the support of channelers.”
She remained poised. There was a touch of arrogance to her voice, but nothing more than the entitlements of her birth. The tumbler remained perched in her fingers, though she did not drink. There was not a trace of irony to her claim they had a PR problem, despite the reasons for her own family exile.
“As for the practicalities in making such things reality, I can offer the use of my club. I presume you have heard of Almaz. For those who cannot resist their more base nature, it is a perfect remedy. In such circumstances death is not murder, simply the hazards of entertainment.” There would be more, of course. Asquith alliances were ironclad, not simply words and a handshake. But while Helena had rooted out the rumour of this shadowy group's existence to a source, she did not yet know if it was the correct source. She had the ambition, drive, and resources, but she wanted to know he had the same.
She remained poised. There was a touch of arrogance to her voice, but nothing more than the entitlements of her birth. The tumbler remained perched in her fingers, though she did not drink. There was not a trace of irony to her claim they had a PR problem, despite the reasons for her own family exile.
“As for the practicalities in making such things reality, I can offer the use of my club. I presume you have heard of Almaz. For those who cannot resist their more base nature, it is a perfect remedy. In such circumstances death is not murder, simply the hazards of entertainment.” There would be more, of course. Asquith alliances were ironclad, not simply words and a handshake. But while Helena had rooted out the rumour of this shadowy group's existence to a source, she did not yet know if it was the correct source. She had the ambition, drive, and resources, but she wanted to know he had the same.
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