“It’s part of an attitude the Aristocratic Faction promotes,” Allayeth said. “They are trying to normalise their strengths of money and influence as being more important than personal power. The problem is, they’re willing to undermine the structure they belong to. They don’t see themselves as a third pillar alongside the city authorities. They’ll happily undercut those authorities if it advantages them, then blame everyone else for the repercussions. And then they’ll position themselves as the only solution to the problems they themselves caused.”
