[It's true. Belief is what runs things - not just in London Below, but everywhere. There especially, though, titles and reputations are not bestowed by any governmental authority; they're gifted by belief. Thus people must fear him. They must believe in his ruthlessness - which is genuine - and his psychoses, which are entirely false. What better to be than a fictional character created by something of greed and whimsy and feline cruelty?]
[It was a good day when he found that book, really, he thinks, and goes a little distant for a moment, gaze focuses elsewhere with serious intent. Then he snaps back again.]
Exactly.
It's a joke, really. [What he is, what he has become, what he will be in the future. All a very private joke. He's committed atrocities because they get him somewhere, yes, but also because they're expected. He's a villain, but not exactly - more of an archetype.]
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[It was a good day when he found that book, really, he thinks, and goes a little distant for a moment, gaze focuses elsewhere with serious intent. Then he snaps back again.]
Exactly.
It's a joke, really. [What he is, what he has become, what he will be in the future. All a very private joke. He's committed atrocities because they get him somewhere, yes, but also because they're expected. He's a villain, but not exactly - more of an archetype.]
[Every people needs a trickster.]