The leaders use their power to crush people's natural desire to think for themselves. It's foot binding for the brain.

“As long as I was alive, I was something. That was just how it was. But somewher…”

“It was a day like a slow-motion video of twilight. Uneventful, to put it mildly…”

“In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.”

“ ... اخطبوط عملاق، يعيش في الاعماق السحيقة للمحيط. لديه تلك القدرة المنيعة على …”