If there was one thing Damian had learned since gaining this power, it was that the best outcomes were never the ones forced into existence, but the ones gently guided toward it.
When people believed a decision had been made entirely by themselves, they neither resented it nor resisted it. They defended it. They fought for it. That was why Damian knew that if he wanted to create an uprising capable of toppling an entire nation, he could not simply seize control overnight. He had to be patient. He had to nurture hope, guide public sentiment, and allow the people to believe they had reached their conclusions on their own.
