Gottfried, like any true dictator, liked to surround himself with bland obliging ciphers. - Robert Silverberg

“Come,” Deliamber said. “There is a vast journey ahead of us.”
“I know. That’s why I don’t want to get up.”

Forget it. No, don’t forget it. Don’t forget anything. Take a lesson from it: collect all the data before shouting nonsense.

The Barjazid does not yet rule as an absolute tyrant, for that might turn the people against him, and he is still insecure in his power—while you live. But he rules for himself and for his family, not for Majipoor. He lacks a sense of right, and does only what seems useful and expedient. As his confidence grows, so too will his crimes, until Majipoor groans under the whip of a monster.