When have I rebelled?""When have you ever obeyed?

They were the truth, so far as I can see.""But you cannot see very far, and what you do see you do not understand. You do not know the truth.

Do you know the secret of my success, Alamiri? It is not that I am a great warrior, or that I am cunning or strong - though all those things are true. The secret of my success is that I am bold enough to do what nobody else dares.