And he said, ‘People don't want a bookkeeper for an Emperor; they want a master, someone who'll protect them from change.’ But he agreed that destruction of his Empire arises from himself.”
“Why would he say such things?”
“Because I convinced him I understand his problem and will help him.”
“What could you possibly have said to do that?”
He remained silent, banking the ‘thopter into the downwind leg for a landing at the guard complex on the roof of the Keep? I've got binoculars, and I figure between them and the arclights I'll be able to catch the plates on the cars that cruise down Norton?