"In times like this, I see no further than an ordinary man. Perhaps even less," Hod said. "These are not times of logic. You need not a Minister with my limited sort of skill. I failed to foresee how much I was limiting you, until the moment it was evident. I failed to see betrayal from the Emersons, and I counselled you towards it. It is not I that have seen us properly through these uncertainties, it is you, Oliver Patrick. You yourself that made you King."
