What if they don't surrender? My Lady, he said, you never ask that question after you've gone to war. - Karl Schroeder

Technologies are control systems, she said. They dictate your reality.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature.<ref>

“Then you have no more wish to rule? The country needs you now more than ever.”
She shook her head. “I’ve been crushed under the weight of power all my life. I think I’m going to enjoy missing it.” She laughed at the lightness with which she dismissed royal power. Every moment was a surprise, these days. She hoped that that feeling would never end.