[His mind goes back to the success of the coalition. Keith hasn't been there. He hasn't experienced the growth of it all. He doesn't know how any of it has happened. But he knows that they need to help these people rise up themselves. That much is clear.]

Beneficial—maybe not. They don't know that they can fight back. They probably can't even do that. Not yet. [That's why the Rost is careful and why their hideout is in the middle of the road. But for all their information and ideas, they don't have the forces. Hence: Ophelia. But what if the forces were there all along?]

We can help them change that. We can help them get there. There's less surveillance down there, less policing. If a revolution is gonna take place, it has to be where no one's bothering to pay attention because they thought they already won.