[Nothing, he is finding, is simplistic. It would be far easier to be able to say this is the right path for survival and this is the wrong, but that seems to be more and more impossible lately. Even Ravenna's story is complex enough. He can pick at it and pinpoint her downfall, but he can't say how he would have done any better, in her shoes. Any cleverer.]
[Instead he just tilts his head and thinks quietly for a moment.]
Everyone seeks power. Don't they?
[It's a simplistic, almost childish question. He gives no indication of realizing this - maybe he doesn't at all.]
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[Instead he just tilts his head and thinks quietly for a moment.]
Everyone seeks power. Don't they?
[It's a simplistic, almost childish question. He gives no indication of realizing this - maybe he doesn't at all.]