Meanwhile, Ly Ly had been busy in her Prison Cell, although from external appearances one could scarcely tell - rather instead, it seemed that all was well!
As mentioned earlier [in Chapter 379], her lovely, touching letter to Jake had only been the start...
How exactly could she make Fatteus pay? And what, exactly, would be the best way... to make the most of her current, [government-funded] stay?!
Resources. She believed this was the key. Alongside of course, a healthy dose of Abili-ty...
The Dark Rizzard Mantra #67 stated that "Reality was Perception", and so, she had carefully, increasingly, crafted her Reality, by altering the Perceptions of various people that she deemed would be... Useful, either now, or into the Future.
Slowly but surely, her Circle of Influence had grown... Huger.
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This was thanks to her apt application of various other [Dark Rizzard Techniques] from the ample [bosom] of her arsenal, which included, where appropriate, various stuffs along the lines of:
"Make yourself Discreetly Indispensable", "Affirm their Ideal Self", "Know the Rules of the Game", "Knowledge is Power", "First Survive before you Thrive", "Everything can be an Opportunity", and "Play to Win"...
Her aim was to build up and leverage Influence, not only from Outside, but from Within!!!
As a result, she had slowly built up a... network of People - the most valuable Resources of all -from the Inside, all the whilst waiting, aiming to bide...
-her time, until, at the *critical stage*! She would be able to fully *unleash* her pent-up rage... !!!
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