“She’d learn too that not only were they breathing fiascoes with no love or respect whatsoever for the nation they purported to serve, yes, tholukuthi toads with no leadership, no ethics, no principles, no sense of justice, no compassion, no discipline, no honesty, no idea of what real service to the nation looked like, but they were also no better than the very oppressors they’d replaced. Still, knowing all these things about the Old Horse and the Seat of Power, was the First Femal worried? Disappointed? Heartbroken? Tholukuthi no.”