"But governing is about turning dreams into bread."
"It's a form of engineering. It requires calculation, compromise, an iron fist, and the tedious, difficult labor of day-in and day-out work."
"The latter is ten thousand times harder than the former."
"You think you've already reached the summit?"
"No. You're just standing at the foot of the mountain now."
Leo looked out the window.
A year ago, he was still outside City Hall, pumping his fist and shouting to the crowd.
Back then, he felt like the whole world was at his feet. He believed that with enough courage, he could change anything.
But now, as he truly stood at the highest point in the city, trying to look past its prosperous facade and see its scars...
He didn't feel the thrill of conquest.
Instead, he felt a crushing weight.
A weight so heavy it felt like it could shatter his bones.
It was no longer just numbers on a ballot or percentages in a poll.
It was three hundred thousand living, breathing people.
