Ves still felt ambivalent about leadership.
On the one hand, he liked control.
He wanted to be the one making decisions rather than the one who had to swallow them from others.
On the other hand, he disliked the responsibilities that came with being in charge.
He already experienced enough of that nonsense during his stint as the patriarch of the Larkinson Clan.
However, if there was one thing he had noticed, it was that other important figures had steadily moved to assume more direct control over human society.
The Polymath had taken over Bridgehead One and transformed it into an insanely productive center of human activity.
The Huntsman formed his own separate association and practically monopolized the exploitation of untamed planets and exobeasts.
The Evolution Witch subsumed the Transhumanist Faction of the RA and blatantly turned it into her personal fiefdom.
Ves would have to be blind to miss this emerging trend.
