"I didn’t want to go, but Mom made me. She tagged along, lived in the corridors of my dorm and kept out of the way. But people complained. One day, she was there; the next, gone—just like that. I never saw her again. The local politicians? Cowards, every one—bought and sold by corporations. That’s when I saw government for what it was: just another sociopathic business with one invaluable advantage. Know what that is?"