Roosevelt began to teach Leo an unconventional method of maintaining power.
"Because the conventional power structure you've built has an expiration date."
"The limitation of secular power is that your current alliance is built around your position as Mayor, or your future prospects of becoming Governor or President. Once your term ends or you lose an election, those relationships will turn cold."
"The bureaucrats and businessmen who once answered to you will quickly find the next center of power."
"But what a mystical society builds is a pact of identity, not a professional contract."
"Even if you are no longer the Governor, as long as you remain at the core of this circle, you will still be the supreme mentor of the Brotherhood."
