"Reich could offer you power in his world," Powell continued conversationally, "but it isn’t likely. He wouldn’t give up any of his own, and you wouldn’t want any of his kind. So he must have offered you power in the Esper world. How could he do that? Well, he finances the League of Esper Patriots. My guess is he offered you power through the League ... A coup d’état, maybe? A dictatorship in the Guild? Probably you’re a member of the League."