– What do you know about wars, Cassandra?
– Wars are about resources. Who controls and who owns them.
– Wrong. Wars are about power. Resources are just the means to consolidate that power.
– So, all it takes to start a war is someone with a big enough ego?
– Yep, but you also need skills to win one.
– And luck.
– Some people make their own luck. The powerful ones decide for the luck of others. One particular man in the system decides for the luck of billions.
– Maybe it’s time for him to stop.
– Make him.
– I can’t. I don’t have the power, or even the crave to pursue it.
– You don’t need to. All you need is a damn good narrative. A better story than the one he’s been telling everyone all these years.
– His story is a lie.
– A powerful lie, though. People like grand narratives more than anything, and his narrative is the grandest of them all. I once fell for it myself. You, too.