"Do we have no leverage over him?"
"His leverage is his yet-to-be-seen home planet," said an elder, "but having reached his current position, would he really care that much about his home planet?"
"He has ambition, we can be certain of that. He seems to want to groom Daphne as the Empire's queen."
"And then what? He replaces us and becomes the actual ruler of the Empire?"
"If he continues on his current path, that could indeed become a reality. The key point is that he is unwilling to relinquish his influence over the populace and the grassroots of the military, because he wants to retain the political foundation to guide a revolutionary uprising. Although he wants a revolution, his current appeal is far from enough, but in the future, if class struggles within the Empire continue to worsen, his chances will grow."
"Haven't you noticed? He's deliberately leading to internal conflicts within the Empire."
